Farmers belong to the most hard working people in the World: from tilling the soil to maintaining the farm and balancing the ecosystem for more productive activities. However, these activities come at a cost borne by the farmers, and in some cases it...
Have you spoken with a farmer recently? Or heard a farmer lament about the situation of inputs? My work with farmers in FutuX gives me the opportunity to interact and get firsthand information. In the last few weeks, the common complaint has been the...
Pollinators are an important component towards achieving food security, and addressing issues around their population's decline is a great step in the journey to zero hunger. In the last decade, our work with the farmers, living in the rural...
Generally, population increase is putting more pressure on our food system, with much more demands for food and its nutritional values remaining intact. Thus, achieving food sufficiency has become an important goal for many countries in order to...
Workers are one of the most important assets we have in the agricultural sector in developing countries. They are involved in various production activities, such as planting, weeding, pruning, harvesting amongst other support services. Although its...
Over the last 2 years, ginger farmers in Nigeria have suffered the biggest losses in the last 2 decades with over 80% of their production completely destroyed due to the blight disease. Aside from the revenue loss, healthy planting materials have...
Food is a universal language that crosses many demographic and geographic borders; everyone wants to have access to adequate quantities and quality food at all times. However, the desire for food could become unrealised either when the purchasing...
Working with the farmers for over a decade and a half, I have seen many interventions focusing on improving knowledge of farmers on good agricultural practices failed with little or no significant impact at the farm level. That is, with the knowledge...
In our everyday living, water is one of the most important resources we need - whether to eat, bathe, wash our teeth, cook our meals amongst many other purposes. Every sector of the economy also requires water as a means to achieve an important...
The changes we have experienced within our environment in the last decade have been very drastic – which has negatively contributed to the issue of climate change and subsequent insecurity. From unreliable rainfall patterns, to increasing incidence...
Addressing some foundational issues such as data gathering, data integrity and political willingness to implement life changing policies in the agricultural sector, should be the starting point in our journey to food security. Without strategically...
