KNOW YOUR FARMER FRIDAY Meet Mrs. Khadijat Balogun, a 44 years old rabbit farmer from Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. She is a good example of a full housewife that contributes to the household income. She manages her household and her backyard rabbit farm. Although she has...
Meet 58 years old Ahmadu Suleiman a crop farmer from Lapai local government area of Niger State. Ahmadu has been a farmer practically from his early years. Since he is not formally educated, farming has been the only thing he knows. At young age, he was farm hand and...
We will divert a bit today from the regular way of writing our know your farmer. I want to talk about my grandmother, Alhaja Asiata Abebi. I will rewind back to 25 years ago, growing up in Apata Ibadan, like the stories she tells us, they were the first settlers...
Meet 51 years old Dickson Iyege from Oju local government area of Benue state but resides in Lapai local government in Niger state. He is a crop farmer and has been farming for over 28years. To him, farming is a way of life as this is what provides income for him and...
Our Know Your Farmer for this week is 30-year-old Mohammed Danjuma Yusuf, Lavun local government area of Niger state. He said farming is an occupation he was born into because he has been farming since the age of 8 when he followed his parents to the farm but as he...
Meet Gbenga Kehinde, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University in his early 30’s. He hails from Abeokuta, but he lives in Ijebu Igbo in Ogun state which were his fish farm is located. Gbenga has been practicing agriculture right from his secondary school days. He...
Introducing Joseph Anthony from Okpokwu community in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue state. Joseph was born and brought up in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. He is a graduate of Accounting from the Federal Polytechnic Bida, Minna also in Niger...
Meet our first female farmer feature, Yinka Adeshola, from ikole town in ikole local government area of Ekiti state. She is a graduate of Geology from the federal University of Technology Minna but because of her passion for agriculture she delved into farming where...
Meet Joseph Okpaire, the best graduating student in his year from the department of Animal Science, University of Benin. He is a practicing agricultural expert who has a passion to develop humanity by playing a vital role in the food and agricultural sector. He...
Introducing 34 years old Ismail Abiodun Rasheed, he is an expert in aquaculture (Fish farming to you and I) with a particular bias for Catfish and Tilapia. Abiodun is from Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun state but has lived all his life in Lagos state. He has...