Much as he desires tractors to till the ground and plough his farm, Ademola Adefemi, an Ogun State-based farmer, cannot easily lay a hand on one. He, therefore, relies on hired labourers who have to resort to the old farming methods that have kept Nigeria’s agricultural productivity low for decade
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
