Ensuring Ag Remains 'Sexy' In Africa - Part IV
For the past month the 'Farmer Views' section has featured segments written by GFN memberChibuike Emmanuel from Nigeria who was inspired by a story in The New ...
Chibuike Emmanuel
Ensuring Ag Remains 'Sexy' In Africa - Part III
Several weeks ago, The New York Times published an article on efforts by some members of the younger generation to spruce up how farming is perceived Millenn...
Ensuring Ag Remains 'Sexy' in Africa - Part II
Several weeks ago, The New York Times had a story on efforts by some members of the younger generation to spruce up how farming is perceived - Millennials Mak...
Ensuring Ag Remains 'Sexy' in Africa
The Global Farmer Network (GFN) has several younger farmers as members in Africa who have been out front in efforts to reshape how agriculture is perceived in t...
Nigerians Striving Toward Ethos Of A Greenland
When popular Nigerian musician TY Bello sang the song The Land is Green from her Greenland album, she was re-echoing an ideal birthed by Nigerias founding fa...
Video: "Nigeria farmer Emmanuel says smallholder agriculture is changing"
Chibuike Emmanuel (GFN, Nigeria) took a few moments to talk to CropLife International during the Global Farmer Roundtable in October 2017.
Nigeria farmer Emman...
2018 Global Farmer Roundtable - Chibuike Emmanuel from Nigeria
The 2018 Global Farmer Roundtable is scheduled for Oct 16-17 in Des Moines, Iowa coinciding with the week of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue and Interna...
In Nigeria, Farming Needs and Rewards Creative Agripreneurs
I never expected to become a catfish farmer, though Im not all surprised that I wound up in agriculture. Ive always been around farmsso it was natural that I...
Chibuike Emmanuel
Farmer, Nigeria
Started farming catfish when he convinced a Cable TV network to allow him to use a fallow part of their tower farm for fish farming. Started with one pond and has now expanded to hold up to 5 tons of catfish per production cycle. Also grows vegetables using pond water for irrigation.