UNB Student Aids African Farmers
Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa commonly lose 60 per cent of their crop before it gets to market, and that number is way too high for Damilare Odumosu.
The Nigeria native has been a student for the past year in the Masters of Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship program at University of New Brunswick. And he’s been using his time in Fredericton to build a company to tackle the problem.
All Farmers Online has developed a digital product that connects three parties that improve the agricultural supply chain in Africa: farmers, who customarily oversee small, family-owned plots; exporters and retailers, who bring the product to market; and unemployed young people, who can serve as a bridge between the two.
“Our goal is to increase the production of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa,” said Odumosu in a presentation at UNB last week. “But we are not just about the social part — we also want to make money.”
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