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Today is #WorldFoodDay! No matter who you are, what you do or where you live, we all should have access to a healthy and affordable diet.

Our actions are our future. pic.twitter.com/4pWcKXnij6

— FAO (@FAO) October 16, 2019

Blessed are those who get to enjoy three meals everyday. Let's feed the unblessed one and make the use of unwanted food by serving them.
" Don't make Waste, let them Taste. "#WorldFoodDay 🥗 pic.twitter.com/WzDPAgMzyd

— She's Indian🇮🇳 (@she_is_Indian) October 16, 2019

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well." - Virginia Woolf

Happy #WorldFoodDay pic.twitter.com/aUCWvefXkK

— itel Mobile Uganda (@itelMobileUG) October 16, 2019

Think about what you ate today 🌱💦🌾🍚

Where did your food come from? This #WorldFoodDay, we challenge you to think about the #FoodJourney that brings food to your plate day after day & do your part to #StopTheWaste pic.twitter.com/kFqSQLn3An

— World Food Programme (@WFP) October 16, 2019

Let's settle this.. which one satisfies more?

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Like for Ewa Agoyin#WorldFoodDay pic.twitter.com/5hUXDbfeT0

— Wisdom Peter (@wysemarn) October 16, 2019

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is simply because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts. #SadhguruQuotes #WorldFoodDay #ZeroHunger pic.twitter.com/GhjWe6lnSh

— Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) October 16, 2019

There’s no act of deed that’s greater than feeding the hungry, and the needy #WorldFoodDay pic.twitter.com/18nwuYNki1

— 𝕌𝕊𝔸🇳🇬 (@meothmans) October 16, 2019

How do you celebrate #worldfoodday with out acknowledging people who make it happen 🙆🏾‍♂️ 🇿🇼🇱🇸🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/71ZEYxVaSy

— Mpho Sekati (@MphoSekati3) October 16, 2019

Today is #WorldFoodDay!

Just want to encourage you to start a food garden. Start small, with what you have. #Food4Afrika#WorldFoodDay #ZeroHunger #WednesdayThoughts #WednesdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/eXGWpnTUYB

— Daniel Ngotho (@kiragungotho1) October 16, 2019

I heard it’s #WorldFoodDay and I’m excited because I’m a foodie.. Let me share some pictures from my collection.. I Dey cook sha.. pic.twitter.com/Eq0Pvl2Tqu

— The Hair plug (@Msmenalicious) October 16, 2019

Food is so much more than what is on our plates, it impacts our whole life! 🍲🥦🌽🍎🥕

Our daily food choices matter! Here are 5⃣ tips for a healthier lifestyle👇#WorldFoodDay #HealthyDiets pic.twitter.com/D3Lpc1SaVO

— FAO (@FAO) October 16, 2019

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The 1% -- an invitation to be a food provider

Work in agriculture and farming 

Get a job as a cook/chef 

Join the global food elite.  "As countries develop, the share of the population working in agriculture is declining. While more than 2/3 of the population in poor countries work in agriculture, less than 5% of the population does in rich countries. It is predominantly the huge productivity increase that makes this reduction in labor possible. " Employment in Agriculture, Our World in Data

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If we are serious, it only takes 1% - 5% of us to feed everybody comfortably and abundantly.

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More Food :)

Ladipo Lawani wants to Restore Nigeria’s Dominance in Global Groundnut Supply

#MrEkpaEverywhere . . . . . . #goodmorning #breakfast #foodie #foodiepeanut #protein #fitfood #nomnom #getinmybelly #eeeeats #yummy #instagiveaway #eattherainbow #eatfamous #igfit #yum #foodblogger #instadaily #9jafoodie #snacks #lunchtime #madeinnigeria #picoftheday #foodie #Lagos #kano #newmonth #postoftheday #Instadaily

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 @mr_ekpa frosted peanuts, salted peanuts, available here 

#Repost @wilsonsjuiceco with @get_repost ・・・ Who is THIRSTY & HUNGRY ? • What’s in your snack pack? 😊. 🍋. Squad goals: @mr_ekpa X @soyummyng 😉. • Tag your squad 😊. 🍋. Don’t forget to tag us to your great, fun, yummy and thirsty #wilsonsmoments while living the #wilsonslifestyle 💛🍋 #thirstythursday #wilsonsjuiceco #squadgoals #wilsonslemonade #thursdayvibes

A post shared by Mr Ekpa (@mr_ekpa) on Jun 14, 2018 at 6:49am PDT

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Oluwafemi Oyedipe is building an Indigenous Chocolate-Making Brand

@losheschocolate :

#mondaygrind "LOSHES BARS" selection😁 made from Nigerian Cocoa Beans as a labour of love to you. 70%Dark Chocolate 40%Milk Chocolate Dark-Milk Chocolate 40% Citrus Milk White Chocolate ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ We will bring them much closer to you ..stay tuned😉 #fromlekkiwithlove #beantobar #singleestate #nigeriancocoabeans #nigerianchocolates

A post shared by Nigerian • Cocoa • Chocolate (@losheschocolate) on May 7, 2018 at 3:46am PDT

Somethings never change! #tbt ❤...Well made Chocolates being one of them! Try our crafted "Dark-Milk" chocolates plain or with caramelised coconut, pea nuts and then lets have a conversation👌😁 #singleestate #nigeriancocoabeans #nigerianchocolates #ileolujiondobeans

A post shared by Nigerian • Cocoa • Chocolate (@losheschocolate) on Mar 15, 2018 at 12:04am PDT

#bonbons Lets ditch all the artificial colouring today 😁 and savour the natural "orange" in our delightful bonbons 😍😍. Fresh and dried oranges were used to create these beauties and the orange filling curd is heavenly if I can say so myself😁! Plus we made these with our single estate freshly pressed cocoa butter from ile- oluji cocoa beans. All natural goodness in a #bonbon❤. Who said eating chocolates wasnt good for you😉! #cocoabutter #ileolujicocoabeans #beantobar #fromlekkiwithlove #nigerianchocolates #proudlynigerian #madewithlove #chocolateloversclub

A post shared by Nigerian • Cocoa • Chocolate (@losheschocolate) on Apr 27, 2018 at 2:52am PDT

#PCW Product Crush Wednesday😁😙 Introducing our Easter Collection of Chocolate Bars made specially for you #fromlekkiwithlove Mango, pineapple, orange and banana infused in our single Est Idere 40% milk chocolate. Actualfreshfruits were used to create these yummy "goodnesses" . All available at LoshesChocolate. Do not wait till the holidays are too close .. place your orders early😉 09031942514 #nigerianchocolate #singleestiderecocoabeans #mixedfruitinfusions #beantobar

A post shared by Nigerian • Cocoa • Chocolate (@losheschocolate) on Feb 28, 2018 at 5:30am PST

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So you want to be an agripreneur / agropreneur / farmer / food businessowner, Part Two

 This is a story of opportunity. 
Opportunity, thanks to the terrible economic leadership in Nigeria, or as I call it, the olodocracy. 
Opportunity that means "make here, produce here," because the exchange rate is like a gazillion naira to one dollar.
Opportunity that means buy low, sell high translates to make local, sell global.  

Let us learn from this conversation between Ndidi Nwuneli and Wale Adefarasin. 

Grab a pen and write these down:  Bring farmers together in co-operatives  .  Alternatively, do the farming yourself  .  Agriculture is not just crop farming  .  Deepen value-chains by providing agric inputs  .  There's also Finance, Logistics, Transport, Delivery, Training, IT/technology, Processing, Marketing  ...

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Agricultural produce, see more in UpNaira: farming

Some subsectors, see more in UpNaira: farming

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BONUS: Food and Agriculture University 

So you want to be an agripreneur / agropreneur / farmer / food businessowner

...but you haven't even figured out what kind of activity to engage in, that is, what product or service to offer.
Here are some ideas:

Some subsectors

Agricultural Produce: Some types

And there is more.
Source of images: Unleashing Africa's Agricultural Entrepreneurs, a February 2016 report of the TEEP.

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All about solutions...The Smallholder Foundation and Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu

NI: We at the SmallHolders Foundation believe that education is critical – education is development for us. Education opens the mind and motivates the quest for results. We believe that an educated person will make a better choice, more than an uneducated person. In that case we looked at the whole chain and we saw that one of the things that kept farmers trapped in poverty was the inefficient agricultural extension services. Agricultural extension services should be a tool that organizations and government agencies can use to educate farmers about new techniques, new crop varieties, new livestock, how to control crop and livestock diseases. But this critical service does not exist anymore. 

So we decided that we have to establish a radio station. In 2007, we established a smallholder farmer’s rural radio. Today the radio station designs and broadcasts agriculture environment and market information to 250.000 small farmer listeners, in the local Ibo language, 10 hours a day. It teaches them how, when and where to cultivate and for whom there are cultivating; how to rear livestock properly and at the same time the market to sell livestock. For example, we taught them how to gather rainwater during the abundant rainy season to use for vegetable gardening in the dry season.

The radio station is also educating farmers how to open bank accounts, the need for accurate record keeping and how they can check their input and their output. I believe that by the time a farmer decides to cultivate maize, he should make a simple budget, Every morning the radio station gives farmers commodity prices from eighteen regional markets so they decide which market to go to.

I think we are better because so many of the organizations have not been able to attract knowledge from farmers themselves. Farmers have knowledge. Farmers know the environment more than those organizations. Farmers know where it hurts most, why there are not increasing their agricultural yield year after year. What farmer A is doing can also be applicable to farmer B, C and D. Several organizations design projects for farmers; they don’t allow farmers to design projects for themselves. For a very long time that has been the norm within the government and civil society sector in designing agricultural projects and I think that has to stop. I’m a farmer myself. I know how difficult it is to get an agricultural loan. Because so many loans out there, even the ones given by microcredit funds, are not designed for agriculture. Why? Because agriculture is high risk.  We can’t even control the weather. There could be flooding tomorrow; the whole harvest can be lost for the year. That is why no loan is specifically made for farmers.

Read the full BMW Foundation interview with Nnaemeka, founder and executive director of the Smallholder Foundation here.  In 2011, he was named Young Person of the Year at the Future Nigeria Awards.