Kwara State, under the administration of H.E; Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq is ready to change the current narrative as it relates to Unemployment, gender equality, and building resilience of farmers to the adverse effects of climate change, poverty and quality of life of the citizens of Kwara.

One key challenge to unlocking these opportunities lies in the design of creative (a shift from existing) and sustainable models of investments and partnerships that will help deliver desired returns to all stakeholders.

To this end, Kwara has put together an initiative for Female Farmers, Young Kwarans and smallholder Farmers called Farm Kwara, A Farming Estate model that creates farming communities to nurture future Agripreneurs and improve the productivity of smallholder farmers.

The program does not seek to give handouts or rely solely on grants. As opposed to that, it is designed to empower the farmers to be able to pay for everything they receive - including their land and the coaching services they receive - and are trained to be able to access finance and start their own agri business within 1-2 years - allowing for sustainable replication of the project every few years.

Grants will be needed for Land Clearing and Irrigation as they are major barriers to project kick-off and sustainability.