Knowing your Soil and Its Needs are Important to Increase Productivity
Working with farmers in Nigeria and other West Africa Countries, I have realized one major myth that the soil always needs fertilizer to support the growth of crops.
There are natural ecosystem elements available in our rural communities, they are sources of food and at the same time help to balance the ecosystem. Therefore, there is a need to sustain the natural resources in the rural communities, where...
Farmers are risk takers; from choosing the appropriate seeds to plant, to depending solely on rainfall (as majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries depend on rainfall as a source of irrigation), to managing pest issues, to carrying out...
In every local community, there are resources that are given freely by nature. One of these important resources is the forest which contributes largely to our ecosystem, especially the existence of fauna and flora components.
Few days ago I read the memo for the release of water from lagdo dam in Cameroon due to the high volume of water (The current volume stood at 213.46m and the maximum permissible level of the reservoir is 214.02m). The implication of opening this dam...
In a business environment, risks occur as a normal event, which could be caused by either internal or external factors. Thus, it is expected that a successful business must be able to manage their business risks effectively in order to fully enjoy...
Have you ever wondered why smallholder farmers do not scale? It is not because they don't want to grow and become a big farm but the skills and resilience to grow are not sufficient as the need for survival becomes the main focus. This is a big...
Have you read, heard or seen the use of untreated human sewage by farmers in the production of food? Have you heard, read or seen farmers explaining how untreated human sewage is a source of organic matter to the soil? Or have you been in an argument...
Have you ever eaten any food (Beans, rice, vegetables, dairy products, fruits (mangoes, bananas) amongst others) that resulted in visiting the restroom continuously or being rushed to the hospital at the tail end? Or have you read or heard that...
Look around you, what comes to your mind? Think about the weather, the trees, the rainfall pattern, pest infestation, the soil structure, the health of smallholder farmers, the flood? What changes have we noticed over time? What are the impacts of...
One of the issues raised during the Nigeria Sustainable Agriculture Conference (NSAC) 2023 was 'Who pays for Sustainability?' This question could be addressed in several ways depending on the actors or the person asking.
Some days ago during the Payment for Result (P4R) Workshop organized by CNFA (Nigeria), Mr Olumide Ojo told us a story about how he asked a group of farmers what they understood about food security.