While food imports drain African economies and our fertile soil remains underutilised.
Africa has the land, we have an energetic population and the world needs the food.
We eat three times daily, sometimes even more depending on culture, yet our farmers, who produce the food, struggle to survive. Can you imagine how profitable the health sector would be if we fell sick three times a day and had to take pills or go to the hospital?
Last year I made a decision that shows the power of modern farming. When weather forecasts predicted heavy El Niño rains, I chose not to plant. My neighbours who ignored the warnings or were unaware of this information watched helplessly as their crops were washed away. The previous season, I had a bumper harvest having used seeds that were tested for our type of soil. My neighbours started saying that they should just follow what the doctor is doing. This is just one example of how technology can benefit farmers.
