YAM REVOLUTION: Massive yam production with high involvement of secondary schools in Ondo State was embarked upon in 2023 with selected secondary schools in Akure South Local Government, in a pilot scheme. The initiative was to mark a significant move to avert hunger. The ideology was initiated and executed by Dolapo-Frank Farmers Organization (NGO) with the mission to attain food security.
The Programme Objectives were:
(i) To significantly improve yam production.
(ii) To impart knowledge and practice of sack filled soil in crop production without the search for extensive farmland that may not be readily available because of family hold on land.
(iii) To engage in farming at a nearby available space and avoid the likelihood of exposure to bandits who sporadically attack farmers at distant farmland.
(iv) To impart the knowledge of sack filled soil farming to students who may become trainers to farmer parents.
(v) To make farming appear scientific and thereby arouse interest of students in farming, specifically crop production.
(vi) To improve the internally generated revenue (IGR) of schools from the sales of their yam tubers.
The success story of the project was as reported through the link:
https://farmingbrief.org/yam-revolution-massive-yam-production-in-secondary-schools/

Nice initiative. Keep it up

Excellent. This is a Nobel initiative. More schools should join in and let's solve the hunger problem

I will like to join/ partner with your organization.