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2022 Farming Year in Retrospect: Experience of Smallholder Farmers in Igboora, Oyo State, Nigeria.
“The agriculture industry in Igboora, as it mirrors the situation in Nigeria, faces a number of challenges, with unpredictable rainfall being a major hindrance to crop production and profitability for farmers. While some farmers are willing to expand their cultivation if given the necessary resources, others are scaling down due to inflation and financial constraints.”
Agri-food System, Climate Change, and the Sustainability Card.
"A sadder reality is that many farmers in Sub-Sahara African countries are smallholder, and still unable to understand what climate change means even though they are experiencing a first-class impact of this development. My father in the village thinks we are...
2021 Rain distribution prediction by NIMET.
Although previous years predictions by NIMET were not very accurate, having a guide is still better than being completely in the dark. Find attached all the 36 states and the FCT rain prediction. They are in pdf format and easy to download. Abia-state.pdf...
THE RISE OF DIGITAL MILLENNIUM AND THE CONCERN FOR A DATA-DRIVEN AGRICULTURE
From Caucasoid to Negroid, Mongoloid to Australoid, the 7.8billion United Nation global population estimate has one thing in common; regardless of the dietary type, food remains the most basic need for human survival. Rationally, it’s expected that people have access...
Budgets and Impacts – Nigeria’s ‘Guess work’ failing approach and why data matters.
The issue of poor transparency and accountability is unarguably an age long tradition in Nigeria and the gross disregard for data, which could keep this in check is evident. Data is an important key to prescience, without it, we live by chance and amidst...
Planting calendar and constant shift, climate change impact on Agriculture and why we should care.
FOODDATA -SELECTED CROPS PLANTING CALENDER The reality of climate change has constantly disrupt this calendar in the past couple of years. We are committed to following how these events are changing and informing farmers on how to avoid the disasters that follow the...
Does data mean power for smallholder farmers?
Does data mean power for smallholder farmers? FOTEINI ZAMPATI SEPTEMBER 16, 2019. Credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com Data is power—whoever controls data has the power and means to create services and products, allowing them to benefit from business insights...