Agri-tech Company, Farmnow.ng has distributed fertilizers, knapsack sprayers, antibiotics, feed to 60 farmers across the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State to strengthen the push to solve the problem of food insecurity in Nigeria and help boost crop and animal production.
Samson Odegbami, cofounder, Farmnow.ng while speaking at the empowerment programme for farmers tagged Project E- 60 stated that the empowerment for rural farmers was borne out of the necessity to give back to society and increase food production in local communities for local consumption.
According to Odegbami, “Beyond giving back to the society, I believe it is important that as an organisation we contribute to solving the problem of food insecurity”
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“Hunger is a very critical problem in the country that needs to be solved. In addition to that, we believe empowering rural farmers will increase food production in their respective local community and enable them practice sustainable agriculture.”
The Project E60 is an empowerment programme targeted at empowering farmers and also doubles as a commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Celebration.
Odegbami added that the farmers are trained on how to leverage digital technology for advanced agricultural production, adding that in a bid to fulfil their mission to distribute Agro-wealth and contribute to the nation’s food security, Farmnow.ng through various farm cycles created an investment platform for Nigerians in and out of the country.
“Their Poultry, Tomato, Watermelon, Maize and other Livestock farms have served not just as a source for food and job creation but also as a secure platform to invest and get real value for funds over time”, he said.
He further noted that Farmnow.ng is an agric investment platform poised to connect teeming working-class investors to rural farmers.
We formulate collaborative farming solutions that give good returns to investors and empower farmers for increased and more profitable farm production
Farmnow.ng is made up of young business executives and agric professionals with a shared passion for creating a sustainable agricultural food production ecosystem. Farmnow. ng brings together the various disjointed units of the food production system in Nigeria to create a more efficient system that consolidates our food security whilst providing optimal returns on investment for all stakeholders.
