Africa

Hidden Hunger: Fortifying the Root Cause

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde calls attention to the growing issue of hidden hunger and food scarcity in overpopulated areas. The only way to achieve zero hunger is through targeting food scarcity, and as Babatunde states,...

Food Security: Labour is a Force

The negative economic situation in Nigeria, coupled with the coronavirus pandemic have adversely affected labour availability. Labour cost plummeted to an all time high, invariably contributing to high cost of production in a country that badly needs...

Our governments should be of laws rather than of men

Evelyn Shilamba prepared a passionate and progressive speech on nepotism in Africa (a word she insists writing with a k) introducing the third GAPPAP-webinar on the topic. The phrase 'our governments should be of laws rather than of men' summarizes...

Food Security: Food Supply Chain Actors (2)

This week Babatunde continues to discuss and elaborate on the topic of last week's letter. Food security is so important. Babatunde discusses how food supply chain actors have a crucial role.

Food Security: Food Supply Chain Actors

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde's fourth year celebration writing these letters, Babatunde discusses food security. It can only be achieved through the maintenance of the food supply chain and the willpower it takes to do so!

Food Security: Understanding the Impact on our Environment

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde speaks about the necessity of the community to encourage understanding of the environmental impact that food production has. He stresses the importance of environmental sustainability.

Five Suggested Growth Strategies for African Agribusiness

It is important to note that major sectors comprise of agribusiness inputs, agribusiness outputs, and agricultural services. The agribusiness input sector essentially includes all resources involved in producing farm commodities such as the seed,...

Advancing Cold Chain

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde goes over the merits and downfalls of cold chain in farming techniques. He contemplates how to overcome obstacles cold chain may present to make it a beneficial system in agriculture.

The Challenges of Nepotism in Africa

Join us for the third Global Agricultural Politics and Policy from an African Perspective (G.A.P.P.A.P.) Webinar on Thursday 30 September, 4-5PM WAT / 5-6PM CEST via Zoom. During this webinar Dick Veerman, founder of Foodlog.nl, will host this...

Food Security: Appropriate Knowledge for Food Production

In this weeks Letter to my Farmers, Babatunde discusses the necessity of education about food production for understanding to be cultivated. Knowledge is an asset, and in order to appreciate food production and expand farmer's knowledge of food...

The African Way

The African Way is a term that was first referred to by agricultural consultant Babatunde Emmanuel Olarewaju and continued to be discussed by other panellists in the G.A.P.P.A.P Webinar series. It describes a way of thinking and development that can...

Local Economy Development: Sustainable Agriculture

In his letter to his farmers this week, Babatunde discusses the importance of implementing measures to combat climate change, and the need for policy makers to step up in providing resources to farmers, especially in a rapidly changing world with the...