Akin Alabi, Prince Ade Ajayi are
young Nigerian Agropreneurs, inspired by food policies adopted by H.E.
Olusegun Obasanjo’s governments during his time as leader of Nigeria and the
resurgence of interest in Agri-business. With collaboration with professional
in the Agric Researh, Media and Agric Extension professionals has come up
with a unique concept to motivate more African Youth to venture into the
Agro-Business arena via “Agrotainment
As economic development in the
African context has moved to secondary and service industries in recent years,
the Abandonment of rural enterprise in Nigeria and other parts of Africa is
growing by the day. Factors which make the young and old migrate from rural to
Urban settings include Overpopulation, loss of interest in Agriculture, climate
change (including drought and failed rains), poverty and insecurity.
Corporate Farmers Tv Reality
Show is the first to be developed in Africa as an “Agrotainment” platform whose
mission is to lure the Youth back to the farm and bring passion for economic
empowerment through agribusiness.
The inspiration for this project is
in no small part to celebrate the living legend farmer, the only Agbeloba
of our generation Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. It is our hope that the
participants in the show will emulate Baba’s passion for agriculture. The
concept was born to bridge the need to improve the Agriculture sector in the
country in which both the Federal Government and State governments appear to be
pursuing with dexterity, the growth of Agriculture through the
AgricultureTransformation A g e n d a (ATA)·an initiative of the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development under the ministerial leadership
of the former Minister of Agriculture Dr Akinwunmi Adesina.
How it will work:
40 various youths in groups of 5 to
8 will be selected to live in the “Farm House” 3 months.
What will they do
The project is scheduled to run for a period
of one year broken down into 3 sections
First : registration, selection and
Auditioning of contestants to choose the 40 young Farmers that will enter the
farm house
Second Quarter: 40 contestants
enters the farm house for a period of 3 months to do Agriculture in
another dimension via our Agricultural Technical team from IITA , Agricultural
Society of Nigeria. After which 5 will be selected as winner for the
Corporate Farmers TV Reality show season 1.
Third Quarter: This period is the
time to celebrate Agriculture in Nigeria and Africa through the first Nigeria
Agrotainment Award to celebrate Farmers, youth, and Federal states who have
contributed to the resurgence of Agriculture.
This proposed project is already
supported by IITA and ASON while we seek other interested partners.
Kindly follow any of our social
media links for more info
Blogspot: www.corporatefarmers.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/corporatefarmers
Website: www.CFTVafrica.yolasite.com
Twitter: @corporatefarmerstv
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