Recently, Farmcrowdy, the Government, and the Central Bank of Nigeria entered a tripartite partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to cultivate and produce 5,000 tonnes of maize yearly on a 2,500 acre farm site over the next five years.
Farmcrowdy visited the 2,500 acre farm site with a representative of the Central Bank of Nigeria led by its director, Mr. Elenwor Ihua to assess the site where the 5,000 tonnes of maize will be cultivated yearly.
Farmcrowdy has over 1,000 farmers in their network who are in that region and they will be in charge of the project.
This is just a few weeks after the company met with the Secretary to the State Government of Ogun State and the Commissioner of Agriculture in Ogun State to discuss how youths of Ogun State can be more involved in Agriculture. Earlier this year, Farmcrowdy also announced its Ekiti State Project where 2,000 young entrepreneurs will be recruited on a one farmer per hectare basis to train and empower them to directly participate in farming activities.
Farmcrowdy currently has over 424,966 farmers in its overall farmers’ network and is making more efforts such as these partnerships to achieve the company’s mission of enabling everyone to participate in the achievement of global food security. Farmcrowdy is offering farmers opportunities for agricultural development as well as access to finance, reduced cost of production, open market access, and better harvest yields.
(L-R) Uwefiri Harry Iweriebor, CBN; Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrwody; Mr Elenwor Ihua, Deputy Director, CBN; Professor Godson C. Igborgbor, Community Engagement Specialist ; Obi Luya, Senior Manager, Agribusiness & Trading; Dr. Ben Mosheri – Agronomist; Mr Tochi Nworie – CBN, Delta State; – at the inspection of 1500 hectares land for Farmcrowdy’s proposed dry season maize farming project
To join the Farmcrowdy Farmers’ network and also benefit from it, it is important to note that Farmcrowdy engages farmers collectively and they belong to existing farming cooperatives in their communities. We do not work with individual farmers. Instead, you can join a farming cooperative in your community so you can be recommended by your community head/chief when we get into your community.
