Globinar GC Lagos Nigeria Agriculture Market Trade Opportunities

Globinar GC Lagos Nigeria Agriculture Market Trade Opportunities

Saturday, May 28, 2022

At 4pm Lagos + London / 8am PT / 11am ET

We're pleased to present another special program on HOT markets in Africa - and here we are discussing agricultural opportunities in Nigeria. It's important to navigate the global and regional business world safely and effectively, and we connect you with trusted and active business leaders everywhere, along with the information to succeed.

Speak with experts in Nigeria and the surrounding region at this special globinar hosted by our Executive Director in Lagos.

Keynote speaker: Olarewaju, Babatunde Emmanuel

Speaker Bios

Babatunde is an agricultural extension expert with over 10 years’ experience focusing on Agricultural Development and Food safety. He holds a  B. Agric and Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil) Degrees in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Obafemi Awolowo University, and a certificate in Agriculture Management Programme (AgMP) from Lagos Business School. He is the Lead Strategist of FutuX Agri-consult Limited, a private agricultural extension service, a major implementer of farm certifications such as Global G.A.P., Organic Certification, Union of ethical biotrade (UEBT) Rainforest Alliance certification/UTZ, Fairtrade, Halal amongst others where they provide support to smallholder farmers and aggregators to achieve certifications.

Babatunde has worked on several projects for different national and international organizations in different capacities such as National Value Chain Consultant at FAO where he coordinated the value chain analysis (VCA) research, action and investment plan development for the Lagos State coconut value chain, Environmental Compliance Training Consultant and Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) Training Consultant with CNFA (USAID Funded project), Project Assistant for Aquabounty Consult Ltd,  a World Bank Assisted Project, NEWMAP Katsina); Financial Inclusion Consultant in Ogun state for a value chain development programme under IFAD; Third-Party Advisor at SADC Research Centre, Lagos. Affirming his enthusiasm for agricultural development despite the insecurity in Nigeria, he worked as a consultant with McAkins Consult Ltd on a project in one of the Northern red zone areas of Borno State; a project funded by the EU and AFD.

Several other positions he handled included Agronomist Consultant at M.E. Solutions (AgriTech), Research Assistant at International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Welcome2Africa International (W2A), Technical Consultant at Stream Insight, Independent Consultant at CeresNexus LLC, Research and Development Specialist at AgroNigeria and a Research Coordinator at Harambe Nigeria. He was a licensed Global G.A.P farm assurer, Quality Management System (QMS), and GlobalG.A. P Risk Assessment on Social Practice (GRASP) until December 2021. Currently, he is a PECB ISO 22000 Lead Auditor.

Host: Adesola-Debbie DARAMOLA - Executive Director of Global Chamber® Lagos. Adesola-Debbie is Executive Director of Global Chamber® Lagos. In addition she is a Project Assistant (Operations) with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a UN agency for Migration. She is also Executive Creator of ADESEWACONCEPT where she helps corporate individuals, c-suite leaders and top blue chip organizations create a compelling look and feel (brand and image ) that communicates an exceptional value proposition to their target market.

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