Gbagyi farmers narrate benefits of traditional method of grain preservation

The Gbagyi ethnic group in Kuje Area Council of Abuja say their traditional ways of preserving grains and other food crops are still the best.

They said these methods were not only useful for future consumption, but was also useful to preserve crops for replanting and food security.

The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gbau-Kushi, a Gbagyi community in the FCT, that in spite of the widespread belief in westernised methods, traditional food preservation inherited from their ancestors was still effective.

Solomon Joshua, a famer, said before…