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#FarmfitForum To scale up on different value chains, more financial institutions need to come on board and provide credit to smallholder farmers ~ Obonyo Felistars @Syngenta #FinancialInclusion #FinancialAcces @IDH_buzz
[UPDATE]: "Reflection and Insights on Finance for Scaling".
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"Data around Partnership is crucial for Smallholder Financing" - Samuel Ssenyimba, @gatesfoundation
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![JohnAgboola_'s tweet photo. [UPDATE]: "Reflection and Insights on Finance for Scaling".
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"Data around Partnership is crucial for Smallholder Financing" - Samuel Ssenyimba, @gatesfoundation
#FarmFitForum https://t.co/CJe6nJemDM](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJvT9xlXYAIXqC0.jpg)
"Field presence and direct interaction with farmers create trust and loyalty. They foster willingness to engage and accept new ideas. Trust is a pre-requisite for farmer finance." Clemens Fehr, Director at Gourmet Garden #FarmfitForum
#farmfitforum Partnerships and Data is key is critical for smallholders farmers financing #FinancialInclusion #FinancialAccess @IDH_buzz
[UPDATE] on Finance for Scaling Farmers.
Business actors needs to understand the nature of smallholders & whatever data is collected from farmers belongs to the farmer & as such, should be made accessible & available to farmers - Samuel Ssenyimba, @gatesfoundation
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![JohnAgboola_'s tweet photo. [UPDATE] on Finance for Scaling Farmers.
Business actors needs to understand the nature of smallholders & whatever data is collected from farmers belongs to the farmer & as such, should be made accessible & available to farmers - Samuel Ssenyimba, @gatesfoundation
#FarmFitForum https://t.co/0zqKYaTOB7](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJvQq3DX0AAayMm.jpg)
Access to finance for farmers requires both capacity building and data for decision making - Gabrielle Rosenau, NKG
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"Farmers are the cornerstone of agricultural value chains. We are all in the business of farmer empowerment. How do we organize ourselves to support farmers to be globally competitive?" Dorcas Onyango, Head of Sustainability South & East Africa at Coca-Cola #FarmfitForum

๐ธ Caught in Action: Art of Photography ๐ธ
While capturing the exciting impact story of Bunmi Akingba, CEO of FMS Farm, located in Ekiti State, I was caught in the art ๐๐๐.
This is ๐ฏ% on point ๐๐๐๐
Photo credit: Dr. @DebisiAraba
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Bunmi Akingba, CEO, FMS Farm shared her inspiring story on how she moved from Oil & Gas background into Agriculture as way of giving back to the community.
FMS Farms is a 5,000 ha located in Ekiti state & the Farm is using Block Farming Model to work with farmers
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Bigger|Smarter|Better Farming models comes with:
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Increase the outgrowers scheme
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Increase production/yields
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Improve crop diversity for income diversity
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Strengthen value addition
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Digitize workflow and increase distribution outlets.
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๐พFARMING MODELS๐พ: What's the impacts to farmers... The image below highlights the key impacts:
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๐พUSE OF DATA IN AGRICULTURE + GLOBAL IMPACTS๐พ
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4 key Impacts include:
๐ฝ Improved Farm Productivity
๐ Reduced Cost of Production
๐ฐ Improved Price Realization
๐ฉโ๐พ Reduced Vulnerabilities
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๐DATA and CHALLENGES...๐
A quick reflection from @UsomiAgro
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CHALLENGE #1: Cultural lethargy for data collection.
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CHALLENGE #2: Effective data monetization models.
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Heard of @UsomiAgro, an Agritech company coiled from Swahili lang. Usomi is using an improve adoption of agricultural technology and farming best prciatices in Africa, working in 7 counties in Kenya with focus on commodities such as kuku, Millet, Soya, Peanuts
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[CAPTION]: Extension services are necessary but a typical model is costly
AND
Data is very useful but analytic is expensive
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![JohnAgboola_'s tweet photo. [CAPTION]: Extension services are necessary but a typical model is costly
AND
Data is very useful but analytic is expensive
#FarmfitForum https://t.co/XcQYuqVOgV](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJuRFYfXUAA_8ou.jpg)
What are BENEFITS attached to Farm & Farmer Data Service Providers? Here is a snippet:
1๏ธโฃ Cost Reduction
2๏ธโฃ increasing Efficiency
3๏ธโฃ Enhance Scalability
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Ongoing: Four Carousel Sessions on:
โ Farming Models
โ Partnerships for Impact and Scale
โ Using Farmer Data to Improve Sourcing and Service Delivery
โ Growing Business and Effectively Improving Livelihood for Women and Men
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Quick recap of Day 1
1๏ธโฃ To make the Smallholder farmers
2๏ธโฃ Investment focus/class
3๏ธโฃ Get Smallholders out of poverty
4๏ธโฃ Create loyalty systems for farmers
5๏ธโฃ Clearly, there is need to work from the market to production
6๏ธโฃ Follow the leads of farmers
7๏ธโฃ Partnership
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[CAPTION from @DORCASONYANGO]
"#Farmers are the cornerstone of agricultural value chains. We are all in the business of farmer empowerment"
Hence, the QUESTION of the Day is:
"How do we organize ourselves to support farmers to be globally competitive??
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![JohnAgboola_'s tweet photo. [CAPTION from @DORCASONYANGO]
"#Farmers are the cornerstone of agricultural value chains. We are all in the business of farmer empowerment"
Hence, the QUESTION of the Day is:
"How do we organize ourselves to support farmers to be globally competitive??
#FarmFitForum https://t.co/QgLF8AiWTk](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJt8RVHW4AA0Tle.jpg)
"Market orientation and integration of the value chains will empower farmers sustainably". This cut across:
1๏ธโฃ Private Sector
2๏ธโฃ Governments
3๏ธโฃ Civil Society
- @DORCASONYANGO of Coca-Cola
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