The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, ABUBAKAR KYARI says the country is expecting a bumper harvest before year-end.

Food inflation has reached 40 per cent according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians.

But KYARI said the Federal Government has measures in place to address the situation including ramping up farming which would increase food production.

According to him, one of the reasons for the acute food shortage in the country at the moment is also linked to seasonal reasons.

Apart from this, he attributed the food shortage to other issues such as reduced landmass, flooding, and others.

The Minister, however, assured that the government is further ramping up moves for mechanized farming with the distribution of fertilizers to farmers and efforts to purchase tractors.