Never before in the history of Agriculture  has there been such a backlog of farm produce yet to be purchased.  Poultry farmers with lots of eggs unsold, fish farmers with fishes unsold and still consuming feed at the farmers expense. This comes as a result of thelockdown.  Prior to this time, buyers and wholesalers buy large quantities directly from the farm  and also distribute the produce to retailers and or consumers.  However, movement and commercial activities have become  restricted because of the lockddown and stay at home practices.  Cause of the backlog Most offices are yet to resume fully. Children are schooling from home, thanks to online school.  So the sales of some farm produce like eggs are reducing. This is not because there is no demand. But rather due to the fact that demand has moved from its usual location (offices, school ,churches etc) to mostly residential areas.  However, this change may have a...

This season of global shutdown has so many lessons enbedded in it. Among which one of the most profound insight for Agripreneurs and business owners generally is to explore more avenues of making money from their business. Before now, traditional approach to increasing revenue in most agri-businesses (especially) in Nigeria were usually tied to business activities that can only be carried out physically.  But at times like these when covid 19 pandemic is challenging all the physical structures of doing business, it has become imperative to have online structures that can keep money flowing in. Here are 5 ways to creating Online income streams in your Agribusiness. 1)Online Orders and sales: Having online platforms where customers can make enquiries and place their orders which results into sales is very essential. However, you must also be ready to listen and respond to feed backs from them. Examples of these platforms includes social media, and websites. 2) Re...