Promoting community savings and investment in agribusiness through rural farmer groups in Nigeria
Developing agribusiness through Community-based Seed Multiplication in Nigeria
Chiromawa community, Kura LGA, Kano state Nigeria, is an area considered the rice hub of the state due to the enormous resources endowed with rice cultivating, processing, and other value chain activities by smallholder farmers. However, the farmers need access to improved seeds to maximize their yield
SAA-Nigeria team participates in revision of National Extension Manual
In June 2022, SAA-Nigeria’s Country Director and Capacity Building Program Coordinator participated in a national meeting to update and revise the National Extension Manual for agricultural extension practitioners…
Successful seed multiplication venture in Nigeria
After joining the SAFE program in 2005 at the Ahmadu Bello University in the Zaria City of Nigeria’s Kaduna State, Dr. Nuhu Saddiq selected seed multiplication for his Supervised Enterprise Project (SEP) assignment. The SEP is an action-oriented field research component of the SAFE program…
Practising farming as a business: The success story of a SAFE alumnus in Uganda
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Extension Education from Uganda’s Makerere University in 2002, Vicky Nyakatuura Bagenda, a SAFE alumnus, secured a job at the Mukono District Local Government. After a few years, she decided to actively engage in farming as a business, establishing a model farm that now serves as a training center for her community
Digital technologies for accelerated extension reach in Nigeria
SAA is expanding its reach through AKILIMO, an agronomic advisory service for cassava and maize intercropping, to Nigeria’s Kogi, Benue, Cross River, Anambra, Ogun and Nasarawa States
Training on Fertilizer Investment Prioritization (FIP) Tool
Between May and June 2022, SAA trained extension agents and farmers in the Benue, Kaduna and Kano States in Nigeria on the Fertilizer Investment Prioritization (FIP) tool, which provides site-specific fertilizer advisory services
SAA continues promoting Regenerative agriculture in Nigeria
Going into six months within the year 2022, SAA-Nigeria is actively working to establish 429 regenerative agriculture (RA) demonstration plots to showcase the techniques for sustainable soil improvement, including intercropping, crop rotation, crop diversification
Regenerative agriculture training changes the fortunes of farmers in Nigeria
Farmers in northern Nigeria are reporting positive changes in their yields after embracing regenerative agriculture techniques like crop rotation and the application of manure.
SAA joins JICA to promote Provitamin A Maize in Nigeria
On February 1-2, 2022, SAA participated in a seminar for extension agents and women in agriculture from Nigeria’s Niger State. The workshop showcased the importance of production and consumption of Provitamin A Orange Maize
