For Food's Sake

The global fertiliser market is a $200 billion industry. But who does it serve? Produced in large-scale, centralised facilities in developed countries, conventional fertilisers are neither cheap nor reliably accessible for rural smallholder farmers in emerging markets in Africa and India. Safi Organics in Kenya has a vision to decentralise and downsize fertiliser production. Using recycled waste from local farms, carbon-negative organic biochar fertilisers empower farmers by making their farms more resilient with lower costs, higher yields and better soils.    We talk to co-founder Samuel Rigu about: His childhood memories of growing up on a farm in Kenya The conventional model of fertiliser production and use The crippling costs and logistical challenges of fertiliser use in Kenya Decentralising fertiliser use Carbon-negative, organic biochar fertiliser The role of fertiliser in facing the reality of climate change A vision of empowering smallholder farmers for lasting food security Links: Safi Organics W