Despite gruelling toil, poor roads and high transportation cost rob Benue farmers of profits

Yar Terhemba, 38, has lived in Mbalom, an agrarian community in Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue state, all his life. For most of his youth, he cultivated five hectares of land annually, producing soya beans and rice. Depending on the coincidence of market days with his harvest, Terhemba either sells his produce at Igbor market, which is 19 kilometre from his farm, or Ikpayongo market, a 33 kilometre stretch away.