Scope 3 Emissions Aren’t Absolute Values

The power plant you see above produces electricity. A bakery using electrical stoves purchases electricity in order to bake cakes, pastries and loaves of bread. A supermarket buys the bakeries' products to sell them in its carbon neutral operated...

Using AI to grow tomatoes and broilers

In automotive you know exactly how many cars you are going to produce. In horticulture, it is more difficult because you are dealing with living organisms. However, data based growth management makes it possible to control life just like a carmaker.

Unseen Hunger: The Stomach is Full, yet the Body is Undernourished

The “wizard farmer” will say food production should not be seasonal as hunger is not seasonal. So, increasing food production becomes a necessity in the face of population explosion. Beyond food hunger is another big threat yet less spoken about....

Unraveling Nigeria’s Food Crisis

In this interview, Dr Ikechi Agbugba sheds light on the intricate relationship between inflation and food security, the impact of currency devaluation on the cost and availability of food, and the pivotal role of government policies in Nigeria. Read...

Real Impact: Policy is Good, but Political Will is Very Important

It is a common belief that driving agricultural growth and development in developing countries requires appropriate data-driven policies. This statement can only be correct if data collected reflect the reality of the various stakeholders or actors...

Food Insecurity: The Tales of Many Challenges

Food is an essential necessity of man and having it in sufficient quantity and quality is a must for survival and growth. Year in and out, the focus is to increase food productivity and at the same time, high quality and safe products. However,...

Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainability

I have attended various conferences where the discussion had been around repositioning of smallholder farmers but most times, you hardly see the farmers' representatives on such a stage. However, I attended a recent conference where a similar...

Food security in Africa requires more-productive livestock (2)

Food security in Africa is lower than in other continents. To feed the fast-growing population much more food production is needed. Not just more calories but also more proteins, partially from meat and milk. This requires more-productive livestock....

Understanding the Needs of Women Farmers with an Open Mind

Until recently, many intervention projects hardly considered the needs of women farmers (Gender insensitive), as assumption over the years had been that farmers' needs are inclusive, whereas in reality farmers' needs are most times not women farmers'...

Food Security in Africa Requires More Productive Livestock (1)

Compared to other continents, Africa experiences a lower level of food security. To feed the fast-growing population much more food must be produced. Not just more calories but also more proteins, partially from meat and milk. This in turn requires...

Water should not have Enemies: Water is Food, Water is Life

In observance of this year's World Food Day, water has been described as a vital resource and as a food. A statement that is acceptable to be true by all because our needs for water are for growth, development and sustenance of life.

The Need to Embrace the Business of Agriculture

Over the years, farmers are well known for producing crops or raising livestock for their family mainly and little for sales. That is, mainly for social benefits, with little or no economic benefits. And in case of shocks (either internal or...