At the beginning of 2020, 135 million persons faced acute food insecurity,” starts Dr Ikechi Agbugba, in his guest lecture series for the College of Medical Sciences, University of Guyana. In his...
“Smallholder farmers are faced with unprecedented climate change affecting their livelihood and wellbeing and putting them in high risk“, says agricultural expert Babatunde Olarewaju. In this...
“There is hunger in the land, where food is becoming expensive and unaffordable due to the seasonal production of it“, says Nigerian food expert and agronomist Babatunde Olarewaju. In this week's...
“It is important that the government and other relevant stakeholders come together in providing succour to the most vulnerable groups, whose majority are smallholder farmers”, says agricultural...
A considerable amount of food is being imported in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, from origin many Sub-Saharan countries contain rich sources of indigenous plants, grains and foods. Baobab and acha are...
Join us on the second webinar of the Global Agricultural Politics and Policy from an African Perspective webinar series (G.A.P.P.A.P.) on Thursday 29 July, 4-5PM WAT / 5-6 PM CEST via Zoom. This second webinar will be moderated by Nigerian journalist...
“The problems of Africa can only be solved using African methods”. This is one of the comments panellist Babatunde Olarewaju made during the very first Global Agricultural Policies and Politics from and African Perspective (G.A.P.P.A.P.) webinar....
In this week’s Letter to my Farmers, Nigerian food expert and agronomist Babatunde Olarewaju talks about traceability systems in the agricultural supply chain. Traceability can provide more information about the origin and destination of food....
Dr Ikechi Agbugba talks about growth strategies to thrive in businesses, with a focus on Africa. “While I was growing up, I saw agriculture as an adventure” says Dr Ikechi. During his academic career he combined agriculture with economics, which...
“Good Agricultural Practices are very important as it guarantees that produced food is safe for consumption and at the same time protects farmers and the environment” says Nigerian food expert and agronomist Babatunde Olarewaju. In this week's...
“We should provide avenues for the smallholder farmers of this world to access the required knowledge to ensure safe and healthy food is produced by them.” says Babatunde Olarewaju, Nigerian food expert and agronomist. In this week’s edition of...
It's essential to equip rural dwellers with knowledge to ensure that cooperatives achieve their objectives in full and become sustainable. In this week's edition of the Letter to his Farmers, Nigerian food expert and agronomist Babatunde Olarewaju...
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