Nigeria is said to anchor it's first digital agricultural platform which is Farmcrowdy.com, Farmcrowdy.com is where people can participate in agriculture using technology. i.e A farm partners is allow to sponsor any farm of their choice including maize, poultry (broiler), cocoa, cassava and tomato farms. The farm partners then get bi-weekly updates about their farm progress including pictures and videos from the farmers.
According to the co-founder & CEO of Farmcrowdy.com, Onyeka Akumah "The company had acquired over 1,000 hectares of farmland in Oyo and Ogun states to launch the initiative."
However, The co-founder & CEO made us to know that “With one farmer working on one hectare per season, we will be able to engage a minimum of 1,000 farmers with Farmcrowdy. Our goal is to secure 10,000 hectares around the eastern parts of Nigeria and the Lakaji corridor in order to make use of dams and irrigation facilities in these areas.”
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