Anthony Akinmade, Cocoa Farmer

“I am Anthony Akinmade, a farmer from Ondo State, and also one (1) of the agro-dealers that PIND trained through Saro Company in farming cocoa, farming in palm oil, farming in cassava. I have five (5) to seven (7) people that I have, in turn, trained on how to use the machines to prune cocoa trees, to clear, to apply chemical, and different types of chemicals to be applied, and they have joined me, and we are working together. If I get some little job at a farm, I call them so we can go together. Right now, I have maybe 5000 farmers I have trained that I know with their numbers, their names, with their villages. At least one (1) of them calls me per day. I go to one (1) farm and send my boys (co-trainers) to the other villages. We go there, we negotiate fees, and it’s been moving fine as we are getting more profits and more gain from it. PIND has added so much income for me. They (PIND and Saro Company) trained us, and we went outside there and told some people, and through us, they have gained so many things too”.

Anthony-Akinmade