Post by ActionAid Nigeria

Khadijat (yellow hijab, carrying buckets of tomatoes and okra) as the hero, Bukola as the proof (on her maize farm). What does it mean to truly pass knowledge forward? For Khadijat, it means that a medical science student she trained is now harvesting plantain from a garden she built herself. Khadijat is a smallholder farmer from a community in Ondo West. Through the SPAC-West Africa project implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, she participated in a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on agroecology. What she did next is the story. She went back to her community and trained over 100 people. She established a model farm that produces fresh tomatoes, peppers, and okra every single week. She became a living demonstration that agroecology works. And her knowledge kept travelling reaching people she had never even met directly. Among those inspired by her training are Bukola, and Cecelia, holding a fresh plantain harvest. "Seeing people embrace agroecology and begin producing their own food has been incredibly rewarding. Through this journey, I have learned that empowering one person with knowledge can create a ripple effect that benefits an entire community." Khadijat Taiwo, Ondo West. That ripple reached 135,068 farmers and young people across Ondo, Delta, Jigawa, Ebonyi, and the FCT over two years of implementation. Yields are rising. Incomes are growing. And more farmers are harvesting healthily. This is agroecology. This is what climate justice looks like on the ground. 💚 #SPACWestAfrica #Agroecology #AAN #ClimateJustice #ActionAidNigeria #CAEPI