{"id":420,"date":"2026-07-08T09:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:24:28","slug":"rising-food-prices-trigger-lifestyle-adjustment-among-abraka-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"Rising Food Prices Trigger Lifestyle Adjustment Among Abraka Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Divinefavour Egere<\/strong><br>Residents of Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed concern over the persistent rise in the prices of food crops, saying the situation has made it increasingly difficult for many households to afford adequate meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A visit by our reporter to the Abraka Main Market revealed that the prices of staple food items such as garri, yam, beans, maize, tomatoes, pepper and vegetables have increased significantly in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviews conducted with different sellers at the market\u00a0showed that many families now spend more on feeding while purchasing smaller quantities of food than they did previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview by this reporter, the traders blamed the rising prices on the increasing cost of transportation, expensive farm inputs, poor road conditions, insecurity in some farming communities and reduced farm yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the traders, a tomatoes seller who simply identified herself as Mrs. Efetobore, observed that the cost of purchasing tomatoes and pepper from suppliers has continued to increase, forcing traders to adjust their prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Customers dey complain every day say tomatoes and pepper too cost, but we too dey buy am for higher prices from farmers for North\u201d, Efetobore said in pidgin with visible frustration on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTransport fare to carry the goods sef too cost. Especially students no dey buy plenty again like before, and even to recover our capital na problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another foodstuff trader, Mr. Samuel Ovie,\u00a0 said many customers now buy food in smaller quantities because their income can no longer meet the rising cost of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ovie said: &#8220;Before, people could buy a full bag of rice, garri or other foodstuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow they ask for smaller quantities because the money they have is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of buying in bulk, they buy small quantities of different food items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat has affected many households and our business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A local farmer, Madam Joyce, who cultivates plantain and maize in Abraka, told <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><em>Media Conversation<\/em><\/mark><\/strong> that the rising cost of fertiliser, herbicides, improved seedlings and farm labour has made food production more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe spend too much on everything now, If you calculate the cost of clearing land, planting, weeding and harvesting, you will see that farmers are struggling. Many of us cannot produce enough because of these high costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students of Delta State University, Abraka, also said the increase in food prices has affected their ability to feed properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 200-level student, Esther Atuma,\u00a0said her monthly allowance is no longer enough to meet her feeding needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I now buy food in smaller quantities because my allowance can no longer cover what it used to when I was in 100l\u201d, Atuma recounted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The residents appealed to the Delta State Government and relevant agricultural agencies to subsidies farm inputs, rehabilitate rural roads, improve transportation and storage facilities and provide affordable loans to farmers to boost food production and reduce the cost of food crops in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Divinefavour EgereResidents of Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed concern over the persistent rise in the prices of food crops, saying the situation has made it increasingly difficult for many households to afford adequate meals. 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