farouk gumel

Mar 22, 20213 min read

Farouk gumel - Importance of Commodity Exchange

Farouk gumel - A Commodity Exchange or Comex is a regulated market allowing the purchase and sale of contracts backed by commodities such...

Mar 6, 20213 min read

Farouk Gumel - Why is the Indian farmer protest important for Africa’s agricultural policy?

Recently, the media has been reporting about massive farmer protests in India against the implementation of certain agricultural reforms...

Mar 4, 20213 min read

Farouk Gumel - The minimum support price in agriculture - what is it important

Farouk Gumel - Most governments intervene in their agricultural markets although the extent of these interventions depends in large part...

Feb 18, 20213 min read

Farouk Gumel - Africa’s Agriculture exports and the need for more processing locally

Farouk Gumel - Despite long-standing recognition of the benefits of trade and the importance of improving competitiveness, Africa is...

Jan 20, 20213 min read

Farouk Gumel - Nigeria’s Fertiliser Revolution – a story of job creation and higher yields

Farouk Gumel - Agriculture accounts for 70% of the entire workforce in Nigeria and therefore, remains the sector that can massively lift...

Jan 12, 20212 min read

Farouk Gumel | Pushing Nigeria’s Biggest sector to its limits - Agriculture

Farouk Gumel - Finally, agriculture is taking its rightful place as the sector that will take Nigerians out of poverty and into an era of...

Jan 8, 20213 min read

Farouk Gumel - A case for why oil should not be Nigeria’s No.1 Focus

Farouk Gumel - Oil was discovered in Nigeria in the 1950’s and today, Nigeria is the eleventh-largest oil-producer in the world and...

Dec 28, 20203 min read

Farouk Gumel - Hunger and Poverty – A way out through inclusive value chain development

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable...

Dec 16, 20203 min read

The Need for “Implementable” Trade Policies in Africa

In recent years, the importance of rice in Nigeria, and indeed West Africa’s, economy and politics is clear for all to see. On paper,...

Dec 9, 20203 min read

With an inclusive agricultural policy, Africa can feed itself and create millions of Jobs by Farouk

Farouk Gumel-In a continent where some 50% of its population are farmers, Africa still imports billions of dollars of food every year to...

Dec 2, 20203 min read

Viewpoint: The Future of Work in Agri-Food - Farouk Gumel

Farouk Gumel, Nigeria- In this technology-driven world, we are gradually seeing every aspect of human life being influenced by...

Dec 1, 20203 min read

Farouk Gumel - The Role of Agriculture in the Economic Development of Nigeria

Nigeria, like many Africa nations, is an agrarian nation. Contrary to the general perception that it is an oil and gas country, the...