Social Entrepreneurship & Agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Entrepreneurship: A panacea to building sustainable and profitable agribusiness ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Smallholder farmers in Africa contribute up to 70 percent of the food supply that we eat. These farmers suffer from several challenges including unpredictable climate, land overuse, lack of access to extension support, and post-harvest losses. However, smallholder farmers can increase their productivity and improve their livelihood by adopting sustainable farming practices through networks of geo-cooperatives and aggregator models that provide them with input credits, training, and links to markets. This talk focuses on how USAIFA is using web and mobile technology to help farmers in Nigeria increase their productivity and improve their livelihood by adopting sustainable farming practices.

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00:00 Presenter introduction
01:55 Presentation summary
03:49 Numbers of Nigerians in farming and their challenges
10:02 Social entrepreneurship
11:40 USAIFA model: zero-waste cycle
14:15 Smallholder clients who get training from farmer fields school
17:09 Show, tell and do- specific training for specific needs
22:50 Soil testing- crop/land suitability analysis
26:15 Minimal tillage and zai pits methods
28:48 Compost fertilizer and organic pesticides
31:20 Impact and environmental conservation
35:53 Outro

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