Coconut farming plays a major role in the economy of some countries and about 86 countries produce coconut. But the three major producers of coconut are India, Indonesia and Philippine. PROFITABILITY OF COCONUT FARMING On how to become a successful coconut farmer, the Deputy Managing Director of Peniel Gerar International
How to Start Your Own Coconut Farming Business – MYFARMBASE Africa
Experts Harp on Smart Farming to Boost Economy – Guardian
Some experts in the agricultural sector have called on Nigerian youths to leverage the innovative emerging technologies to power agriculture and boost the nation’s economy in an effort to create employment rather than wait for white collar jobs. This call came during the Smart Farming Café hosted recently by Myfarmbase
Call For Volunteers 2018 – MyFarmBase Africa
Call For Volunteers Application Deadline: Thursday, 20th December 2018. https://goo.gl/forms/aFR3nPjQC9XfhzQh2 Are you a Student in any Tertiary Institution in Africa? Are you a recent graduate or you were just posted for NYSC in Nigeria? Are you also passionate about Agriculture, Food Security and Emerging Technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Hydroponics
Can We Fight Hunger Through Social Media?
Can we learn about the local particularities of food security through social media analysis? It was intriguing when DuPont came to us with this question says Crimson Hexagon. Analyzing social media conversation provides a compelling way to listen to the unique experiences and topics related to food security. Though food
Youth Start Up of The Month
MyFarmBase Africa‘s Youth Start Up of The Month was created to tell the stories of young farmers and agricpreneurs alongside reaching out to prospective farmers to learn from their successes and failures with the sole aim of increasing food production and making huge profits from the different value chains in
HOW TO START YOUR PROFITABLE COCOA FARMING BUSINESS
Do you know that cocoa farming business is one of the highly profitable agribusiness in Nigeria? Ninety percent of the world’s cocoa is grown on small family farms by about 6 million farmers who earn their living from growing and selling cocoa beans, according to Fair Trade Canada. The largest
HOW TO START CASHEW FARMING TODAY
In 2017, Nigeria took the 6th place in cashew nut production in the world, according to Legit. Nigerians make fortunes on cashew export every year. However, to be successful in this, you really need to understand how the industry works. Efforts made for the purpose of improving the cultivation results
HOW TO START A SUGARCANE FARMING BUSINESS
PROFITABILITY OF SUGARCANE FARMING BUSINESS Currently, Nigeria has the largest sugar refining plant in Africa yet most of the raw materials needed to produce sugar are imported from Brazil. This comes at a cost to the country of over $500 million every year. It is important for you to know
SUPPORTING FARMERS ON WORLD FOOD DAY
On our tour to the farming village at Olounda, in commemoration of the world food day, I’m drawn to the Phillip Plein logo on the okada man’s yellow shirt. The shirt’s conspicuousness is obvious to the eyes as most fake labels are wont to do. Pandering to the consumerist ego
IMPROVED POST-HARVEST FACILITIES BY VEGETABLE FARMERS
AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF IMPROVED POST-HARVEST STORAGE AND PACKAGING FACILITIES BY VEGETABLE FARMERS IN OGUN STATE Vegetable is any part of a plant that is consumed by humans as food as/as part of a meal. Vegetables are rich and comparatively cheaper source of antioxidant vitamins A, C and E. Vegetables