Gaurav Somwanshi is the Co-Founder and CEO of EmerTech Innovations, a 2019 Dalai Lama Fellow, and has been tapped by the British Council as a “Future Leader.” The work he’s doing by connecting blockchain to agriculture is significantly improving the supply chain, quality and waste management, and overall leadership in the agriculture space. Working with India’s largest group of fruits …
Jeanette Johnsen of FarmingAcademy Talks About the Education Platform That Pays its Educators
Jeanette Johnsen lights up when she talks about sheep – yes – sheep. Raising them has been a long-awaited childhood dream and one that has morphed into a mission to provide education in farming and all things agriculture to learners around the world. Her new platform, FarmingAcademy, is the solution she’s founded. More than an educational solution, it is also …
Festus Kiplagat of Green Planet Initiative in Africa is Organizing Thousands of Farmers to Improve Agriculture
Festus Kiplagat is a charismatic leader, advocate, agriforestry expert, and founder, but, he’s something more: He’s a grower from Kenya and very proud to be one. He wants youth around Africa to feel the same passion he has for the soil and to develop and nurture it in order to save the continent and the entire planet. If you talk …
Editor’s Perspective: Checking in on Planet Earth During the Pandemic
So many articles I’ve read lately indicate that the planet, itself, is enjoying a respite from the fumes, emissions, smog, and air quality issues that have long plagued our more metropolitan areas. Perhaps that’s not all. So, with Earth Day 2020 very much in mind, below I’ll share some excerpts from a few articles I’ve read recently that reveal some …
Climate Action and Agriculture Impact Focused on Nigeria
Editor’s Note: Below you’ll find two people who are focusing their work and ideas on creating sustainable development in Africa by working on climate change solutions in Nigeria. Adewumi Mojisola (we call her Sola) is no stranger to The Introducer readers. She was featured in our 14th edition on Developing Youth as Global Citizens. It’s no surprise then that you’d …
Game Changer Dr. Osita Aniemeka is Training Youth as Entrepreneurs and “Agropreneurs” To Industrialize Nigeria
From interview and content provided by Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Director in Residence, Central Bank of Nigeria – South East Entrepreneurship Development Center The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is promoting a new strategic initiative aimed at growing the Entrepreneurial Quotient (EQ) of Nigerians by establishing Entrepreneurship Development Centres in the six (6) Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria. South East Entrepreneurship Development …