Conflict over fertile lands threatens Nigeria’s food security

January 29, 2020 · < 1 minute

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“Conflict limits the potential of agriculture,” says Rotimi Williams, a Global Farmer Network member, who developed a mobile phone app offering warning alerts and showing grazing and farm boundaries to reduce conflict between herders and farmers. Click here to read more in this January 22, 2020 article from the Financial Times, by Andres Schipani.

Rotimi Williams

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.