What needs to be done to get commercial farming going in Nigeria?
Judy: Nigeria needs outsiders to come and kick-start the whole business of commercial farming. They invited us because there is a lot of talk about commercial farming, but they know we can actually do it. At the moment there is ignorance towards commercial farming. Nigerians are bright, and they learn very quickly and they are enthusiastic, but it is just ignorance and lack of experience. This is all new territory for them. Where do you get your labour from? Graham: There are quite a few villages in the area where we were given our farms. At first the government offered to move the villages but we wanted them to stay because those were the people we would draw our workers from. We said that if we get electricity, they must also get electricity. And if we get irrigation, then they must get irrigation. We didn’t want to be special. And it has worked well. I’ve got two villages next to my farm, so I take half my labour from one village, half from the other. Because my farm is a thousand h
