An interview session with Jean Claude Niyomugabo on Connecting Farmers to the market. Jean never had an interest in agriculture, even though his parents were small holder Farmers. He was discouraged to venture into agriculture because of the stress his parents went through during farming. And after all the stress, transportation […]
Mr Omotosho Oladele Gabriel, a Data Analyst in Agriculture, discussed the role of data analysis in agriculture. “There’s more to agriculture than just planting and harvesting”, this was the conviction of Mr Omotosho Oladele Gabriel, our guest on The African Farmers Stories Interview Series Community Platform. This thought alone triggered him to seek more knowledge […]
Despite their difficulties, African farmers continue to fight for food security. African farmers are not poor; they are simply cut off from the wealth cycle because they lack the skills and knowledge required for value addition. The narrative is changing as we highlight the resilience of African farmers; we are telling the entire story; the […]
Sustainable Impact Clusters for Protective Horticulture Program launched partnership between the Dutch and Nigeria, focusing on tackling food insecurity, ecological and economic challenges strategically, the food system narratives need to be clear and impactful. Protective horticulture is sustainable, not just for Nigeria but the Dutch agri-food sector as well. This program is targeted at creating […]
In this latest tweet chat, we spotlight Rashidat Raji-Siwoku, founder and CEO of Gaiafarms Agricultural Enterprise. Gaiafarms is a purpose-driven agricultural company that focuses on growing, blending and distributing high-quality indigenous botanical herbs as tea products, as well as crops like cashew, maize and cassava. Gaiafarms tea products include alkaline teas, and are well researched […]
We interview Princess Adeyinka Tekenah, founder and CEO of Happy Coffee, one of the few indigenous coffee brands in Nigeria, established five years ago. The idea of Happy Coffee began back in 2003 when Tekenah read and was intrigued by the book “Pour Your Heart Into It”, about how former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz developed America’s […]
A tweet chat organised by The African Farmers Stories and hosted by Edobong Akpabio of Agro Centre featured Oyewole Okewole, an award-winning agro-industrial project development and management consultant with special interest in tropically grown agricultural produce and livestock farming and processing, and an advocate of sustainable agricultural food systems for reducing hunger, poverty, post-harvest losses […]