Knowledgeable Managers are needed to Achieve Food Security

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...

Our Forest: We Need to Restore our Identity

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.

Flooding: Rethinking, Addressing with Proactive Measures for Food and Life Security

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...

The Need to Transit Smallholder Farmers (2)

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...

The Need to Transit Smallholder Farmers

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...

Untreated Sewage Sludge is Not a Fertilizer

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...

The Need for Farmers to Embrace Food Safety Practices

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...

Knowledge Births Sustainable Practices

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...

The Future of Food: Who Pays for Sustainability?

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.

Farmers’ Knowledge Transfer: Everyday Simple Phrases can be the Game Changer!

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.

Mindset Change: From just Producing to Sustainability!

Many times, we fall into the trap of developing projects or interventions focusing on immediate gains such as increasing production, improving livelihood, and more inclusion without incorporating sustainable elements into them. So many of these...

Food Security: The Power of Peer Learning (Sharing) and Togetherness

There is an African proverb which states that “If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together”. Doing the business of agriculture in developing countries is an herculean task that requires a lot of tenacity and...