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A commericial maize farmer in Benue state Tabongo utiralls  has said that insecurity is fueling cost of food because most farmers  are in the north are now living  in internally .displaced persons camp these are no farmers are in their  place to produce all  these food that is why  the price of food items is high .for femi Abioye the president of Igangan Agro park investors  Asco claton AIPIA. generally if the investment increase in high infrastructre provision then the cost of food will come down .some people have totally run away , so insecurity is part of what is pushing up the cost of food because we now have less farmers and population keeps growing so there is food competition.