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
Can We Fight Hunger Through Social Media?
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
HOW TO START A RICE FARM IN NIGERIA
Rice is one of the most popular products in Nigeria, accruing to the fact that her citizens consume around six million tons of rice every year; of which about 70% of the rice quantity is locally produced. Rice farming can only succeed or thrive well in an environment with the
How Farmers in Cooperative Societies Access Funding
How farmers in cooperative societies access funding in a blockchain ecosystem. https://archive.org/details/Agroplexy This podcast https://archive.org/details/Agroplexy brought to you by MyFarmBase Africa explains how farmers will enjoy financial assistance as soon as they start to leverage on Blockchain. Blockchain stores any kind of document for a long period of time. It
INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR SMALLHOLDER AND LARGE SCALE FARMERS
Why do we need innovative financing in Agriculture? https://archive.org/details/AgfinanceMixdown One of the major challenges faced by farmers is finance; the question of how to keep their farms running, without going into debt or becoming bankrupt. In this podcast made by MyFarmBase Africa, our guest, Mrs Bamidele, a British Nigerian Agriculture