By Tukeni Obasi Since the news of the mobile phone policy broke, I have had very interesting conversations with Nigerians about the what, why, and how of technology in agriculture. Earlier articles on this column such as Nigeria’s Inroads into Space Technology for Agriculture, Mobile...

By Tukeni Obasi In spite of everything going on in this country, I still believe we live in interesting and important times. For us under-30s, the rhetoric of revolution and transformation is the essence of our youth. But many times I wonder how our parents felt in their day. How did they feel...

 By Tukeni Obasi It is the first week of the fourth month of the transformation year. As with all new years, while certain events and pursuits will be truly transformational in their ramifications, many things this year will be just as they were in years past. This is succinctly captured by...

By Tukeni Obasi In July 2012 when Ireti Farms in Kwara State sent off its first shipment of 6,000 tonnes of cassava chips to China, the understanding was that “cassava [would] surely become the foundation for the economic development of [the] state” and that “with this initiative, Kwara...

 By Tukeni Obasi For individuals who have renewed their hope in agriculture, the statement by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) two weeks ago that the sector was in need of a revival because for the first time in a while “agricultural growth slowed in 2012” seems almost...