Olanrewaju’s daily tasks involve training farmers and teaching younger Agripreneurs about the latest agricultural trends. He emphasizes the importance of following through with action to ensure significant improvements in their socioeconomic characteristics. “The innovation can be seeds, the cultivation process, the types of fertilizer, or even the market strategies for selling products,” he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to his fieldwork, Olanrewaju is one of Africa’s leading social agriculturalists. “A social agriculturalist uses social media platforms to conduct agricultural training, disseminate information, and showcase agricultural opportunities to the general public,” he elaborates. On Twitter, he is known as The Naija Farmer, boasting 167,000 followers. His Telegram group has 22,000 subscribers, and while his TikTok following is smaller, he maintains a presence there and on YouTube. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter getting my degree, I focused on lecturing agricultural education and rural sociology in universities. Now and then, I\u2019d provide consultancy services to people who had farms and needed some direction. Eventually, I started sharing information on social media.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He mostly shared practical agricultural tips and remedies on Twitter. For example, he shared a tip on using onion water to repel mosquitoes. His followers appreciated these daily tips, and over time, they started requesting a compilation of all his remedies. Initially, he was hesitant due to his busy schedule, but eventually, he decided to compile the tips into a book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read<\/strong>: A Guide to Earning Money Writing Ebooks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a tedious process as I had documented most of it before so when I compiled it, I asked people around me how much they\u2019d buy a book of agricultural tips and remedies to ease their daily lives.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n After reviewing the suggestions from his audience, he decided to sell the book at the fixed price of N3000 and the journey towards sales began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI used my European address to set up an Amazon account so people could buy the book.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, not many could buy the book on Amazon and the people who could complain about how much of a hassle the process was until a friend told Olanrewaju about Selar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI looked Selar up and found that the platform is quite user-friendly. I didn\u2019t need to be tech-savvy to set up my account <\/a>and sell my book. Since then, I have sold about 4000 copies of the book, which has amounted to millions of Naira in my account.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat was creating a book like? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How did he find Selar?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n