Did You Know? You Can Insure Your Farm Products With The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation
You can insure yourself against the loss of your house, cars, or health. But what about your farm, if you’re a farmer- can you insure that too? You can, thanks to the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), the government-backed institution which was set up for this purpose over three decades ago. The conditions which led […]
Brands we Love: Babban Gona
When Kola Masha founded Babban Gona, the space for privately run agriculture focused on social enterprises wasn’t a thing. And millions of farmers had to go it alone in the tough, unstable Nigerian market. Farming in Nigeria is no light-weight occupation. While there’s always the potential to reap bountiful profits from it, the conditions are […]
FarmCrowdy Named Agritech Company of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards 2018
Nigerian startup Farmcrowdy has recently added two more awards to its growing haul of accolades. The company was named agritech platform of the year at the 2018 edition of the Nigeria Technology Awards, which held on Saturday, November 1. Its CEO, Onyeka Akumah, also won the tech entrepreneur of the year award. Members of the […]
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Beau Haven Farms
Somewhere in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, an entrepreneur is spreading the word about organic farming to her community. She’s teaching women to grow bulky, nutritious cassava, potatoes and plantain, and placing the basic materials they’ll need to do this in their hands. And she says that this is just the start of a project […]
App Of Week: FarmCrowdy
In order for Agriculture to thrive in Nigeria, there must be a playing field for farmers and sponsors. Farmcrowdy is that playing field and is giving everyone the opportunity to participate in Agriculture. The app has over 50,000 installs and decent reviews on Google Play store which shows how relevant it is becoming in the […]
Investment Lessons From The Rise of Modern Farm Franchises in Nigeria
Any country with a population of over 170 million inhabitants should be a viable market for small businesses and thousands of franchises! Sadly, this assumption does not necessarily hold true in Nigeria, due to some factors. On face value, franchising does not make a lot of sense in a marketplace, where the concept is alien. […]
Did You Know? Nigeria’s Groundnut Pyramids
Groundnut pyramids have become a symbol of national nostalgia for Nigerians. They get mentioned in laments and rants critical of the country’s economic state, and are referred to in school history classes and in discussions by older citizens who remember the “good old days” when things worked as they should. But there was a time […]
Business Profile: Farmers’ Corner Community
Farmers’ Corner is an entity that has created a community of farmers, “agro-preneurs”, investors and others interested in moving agricultural system forward in Nigeria, West Africa and the world at large. Farmers’ Corner Community is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious body that was created to meet the following objectives: Dissemination of agricultural information among members; […]
Did You Know? Nigeria Is Africa’s Biggest Agritech Market
Nigeria hasn’t been on the global agritech scene for long. Until a few years ago, you could probably count the number of tech startups in the country’s agriculture sector on the fingers of one hand. Ecommerce and fintech took the headlines and got a fat portion of investment money. Agritech was only a small part […]
Nigeria’s Pioneer Agric Tech Platform – Farmcrowdy, Launches Mobile App
Farmcrowdy is an Agric focused tech platform that wants to change the way farming is done in Nigeria, by bridging the gap between farmers and people willing to sponsor farming with their resources. Farmcrowdy offers a platform, where more people can participate in Agriculture, and help increase food production in the country. Impacting rural farmers […]
Farmcrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech in Nigeria
Agritech startup marks its first year of operations with the launch of a new mobile app aimed at increasing participation in agriculture by Nigeria’s growing middle-class, diaspora and youth Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small-scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor […]
How to Start a Livestock Feed Business
The market for edibles is huge. This is true for humans, as it is for livestock. In both cases, it’s really for one reason- the need for the living to stay alive and healthy. And for livestock owners, it’s important that their animals are healthy because the survival of their business depends on it. The […]
Business Profile: Farmcrowdy.com
Agriculture is the oldest business on earth but it seems the least penetrated by technology especially in Africa. Also, when it comes to investment, access to capital is an issue for the local farmers who own large expanse of land but lack adequate finance to cultivate them. Introducing Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform, Farmcrowdy.com, a […]
How to Start a Goat Farm
Goats have always been one of the preferred sources of animal protein for Nigerians. And there is more to goats than just their meat. For many tanneries in the country, goat skin is a key material used in the production of leather. Milk obtained from goats are also processed into butter and cheese, and their […]
Starting a Vegetable Farm
That backyard of yours may be lying dormant at the moment, a space in which you constantly battle with weeds. You think you killed them off a month ago, but they’re back now, mocking your efforts. Why not convert the trouble spot into something more productive, and invest your weed-clearing energy in growing vegetables? Then […]
How Cell Phones Can Increase Agricultural Revenue
Machines have become a part of our lives. From the days of the industrial revolution, man has steadily improved upon primitive versions of mechanical aids, powered by engines and fueled by varying energy sources. Today, these things are everywhere. If you are reading this piece, you have one in front of you. Agriculture has not […]