Babatunde Olarewaju

Shared Prosperity: It is Not Just Enough to Produce

The world of a farmer is a world full of uncertainty yet with high optimism to achieve bountiful harvest. Such a high hope for a profession whose major activities are embedded in passion, hard work and consistency, coupled with overwhelming...

Poor Soil Promotes Food Insecurity

Our culture promotes diversity which reflects in our food and environment. The richness of our soil is part of our culture, where caring for it is the right thing to do and tilling it to ensure that food is cultivated and no one is left to go to bed...

Climate Change is a Threat to our Survival

Every smallholder farmer is full of a lot of stories of agony and few success stories as production is considered a more science oriented process and few acts. Thus, it requires a lot of trial by errors in order to get it right. This shows that...

In the Season of Abundance Prepare for the Time of Famine

The utmost desire of every smallholder farmer is to achieve a bumper harvest every production season. Thus, all efforts are geared towards this goal, but hardly are measures put in place to manage the abundance, which result in more post harvest...

Financial Inclusion Should be a Priority for Smallholder Farmers

Smallholder farming is characterized by a small scale of production especially in terms of land usage, often less than 10 hectares (ha) for farming activities, purpose of production - which is for both personal and commercial reasons. Also, the...

Food Security: Mechanization is the Way to Increased Output

It is important to appreciate the efforts of farmers every day and anytime we remember that they are the lifesavers who are less celebrated. This is because of the risks involved in production, in addition to the drudgery nature of farming that is...

Food Security: Increasing Soil Productivity and Environmental Sustainability

No matter the quality of the seeds, the richness of the soil plays an important role to actualize good yield (or the full potential of the seeds). Thus, improving the soil is an important component to achieve high crop productivity.

“Water no get enemy”

A healthy farmer is either a productive farmer or has a potential to become more productive when he or she gets access to appropriate knowledge.

Increasing Productivity: It Can Not Be Achieved Through Trial by Error

Over the years, agriculture in developing countries has been characterized with phrases like labour intensive, very little or no value addition, smallholding, peasantry and largely bootstrapped or self funded. Therefore, production capacity is...

Zero Hunger: Farmers are in the Business of Managing Crises

Achieving Zero hunger is an ambitious desire by all stakeholders in the agricultural sector, as it is pivotal in the desire to solve major risks that could hamper the vision.

Beyond Knowledge: Opportunities and Motivation

It is a known fact that low productivity and efficiency are the bane of smallholding farming in developing countries. Interestingly, it seemed that having the appropriate information and knowledge could be a game changer. And this has seemed like a...

Smallholder Farmers: Are They Really Poor?

In our World of many people, farmers are the hope for food sufficiency and food security to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of the populace. In developing countries, smallholder farmers cultivate a higher percentage of food consumed employing...