Heifer International Set to Empower 125,000 Smallholder Farmers

Global Non-profit Organisation, Heifer International and its consortium partners, Agricultural Technology Company, ThriveAgric is exploring ways to scale up access to finance for 125,000 smallholder farmers.

During the Access to Finance breakfast meeting yesterday in Frasier Suites Hotel, Abuja to mark the official launch of the ThriveAgric’s AyuTe (Agriculture, Youth and Technology) Project, stakeholders examined ways of building financial resilience to empower 125,000 smallholder farmers with financial inclusion access and building the largest network of profitable farmers across Africa while ensuring food security on the continent.

Speaking on the company’s vision behind the AYuTe Project, Ayodeji Arikawe, CoFounder at ThriveAgric, said: “At ThriveAgric, our driving force has always been to empower smallholder farmers for a dignified livelihood. By connecting smallholder farmers to the formal financial economy, we are positioning them for better access to finance, credit, digital services and introducing them to the formal economy which has numerous other benefits in the long run. We are excited about this initiative we’re undertaking with Heifer International through the AYuTe Africa Challenge.”