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 I started the policy lessons from history series last month with the story of the National Accelerated Food Production Programme (NAFPP). For the benefit of those who missed that article, I will provide a brief recap. The programme was geared towards increasing the...

Poor farmers are not the problem to be solved. They are the solution.” This statement made by philanthropist and business magnate Bill Gates sums up a perennial conundrum in agricultural development: what is the main problem in agriculture, who are the victims and what are the solutions? For...

This week, we caught up with another rising agricultural entrepreneur from the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. This agripreneur is also a fellow of Harambe Nigeria’s Sustainable Agriculutral and Rural Development program and is currently working on an agricultural...

Agriculture is one of Nigeria’s most powerful tools for addressing its goals of creating more employment, better public health, and greater economic growth. Peter Hartmann, Director General of the Ibadan-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture has said. Speaking at the...