The Importance of a Network
Rotimi Williams is a rice farmer from Nigeria. Here he talks about the benefit of connecting farmers from around the world. This is the Global Farmer Network.
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Rotimi Williams
Using Data in Nigeria to Reduce Violence and Build Food Security
Farming should be safe, but in Nigeria it can be deadly.
It's so dangerous, in fact, that a report released on June 15 by an all-party parliamentary group i...
Conflict over fertile lands threatens Nigeria's food security
"Conflict limits the potential of agriculture," says Rotimi Williams, a Global Farmer Network member, who developed a mobile phone app offering warning alerts a...
Rotimi Williams
Farmer, Nigeria
Former journalist. His farm is the 2nd largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size; 45,000 hectares; grows rice for millers. He was challenged with instilling peaceful coexistence between his workers and a largely permanent Fulani community. This led to the creation of a tech startup designed to bridge the gap between volatile agricultural communities in rural Nigeria and security agencies.