Russia — Ukraine crisis: Implications on Nigeria and agriculture

My Books of 2021 2021 turned out to be a year of poor reading in terms of numbers, going by standards of previous years. I think there was a lethargy as a result of the pandemic that came over me. I don’t think its an isolated case though as I…

2020 was a year like no other for me. Started the year immobile with an injury from the preceding year, then Covid-19 came. The year brought several moments to think about life and its purpose and how we were going to get out of the Covid predicament. Well, as it…

Hamisu, a tomato dealer in Katsina State, has been in the business of transporting his tomatoes to Lagos for sale in the Mile 12 market for over a decade. Doubling as a farmer, he harvests from his plots for sale but also buys from his fellow farmers who cultivate their…

The Covid-19 pandemic that has spread across the world has sentenced all economic and financial forecasts and assumptions made in 2019 to the guillotine. The hope from 2019 was an easing of the tension between the US and China and an improvement in the global economy, African and Nigerian economy…

In 2019, here are the books I read and a short review of each. 1. The Art of the Deal — Donald J. Trump (He may be an ass today, but back in the days, Trump was a f**king genius) (Turns out Trump didn’t write it and it was a…

Solid waste management in Nigeria, in recent memory has not been done strategically in any part of the country. We simply use cart pushers who collect for transfer to landfills, burn them or toss them in drains which eventually contribute to flooding when the rains arrive. Some states engaged private…

The high post-harvest losses in tomato in Nigeria can be attributed to various factors such as: i. Lack of knowledge of value chain actors of good agronomic practices and good handling practices: Farmers do not know the proper time to harvest. …

Interest in the returnable plastic crate rental business model highlighted in the article below has risen. The Returnable Plastic Crate rental model — Increasing Returnable Plastic Crates access to reduce… Recently, Nigerians learnt of train movement of tomatoes from Kano to Lagos. There was a significant amount of fanfare…medium.com Potential practitioners ask series of questions when engaging on the topic. This article helps answer some of frequently asked questions that have been asked over time.

The Returnable Plastic Crate rental model — Increasing Returnable Plastic Crates access to reduce Post-Harvest Losses in fresh perishables Recently, Nigerians learnt of train movement of tomatoes from Kano to Lagos. There was a significant amount of fanfare surrounding the events. …