Food and Agriculture Africa

*Advantages of Stevia Farming* *1 No Thefts of your Stevia crops:* regular farm thieves don't know stevia and what to do with it *2 No Cows and Herdsmen menace:* Cows don't eat Stevia plants *3 No need for farm fencing and security expenses* *4 Your Stevia farm produces for 3-5 years* *5 Stevia supply cannot meet demand* *6 Stevia farmers are most likely to benefit from loans, grants and support from Exporters:* a cooperative of real farmers of Stevia is formed and growing *7 There are Stevia products that local companies can make and market locally and also export* *8 Nigeria's mean annual rainfall ranges from 385mm to 4,065mm while stevia requires 150mm* *9 There are numerous international buyers and as such three can't be a glut or dried Stevia leaves* *10 There's no known pest or diseases of Stevia in Nigeria for now* Order for your Stevia Seedlings 08052069264

How He Discovered Stevia Nyanzi says his love for research and science dates back to his childhood days. He notes that it was during his O’ Level at Old Kampala SS that he developed a dream of finding a solution for diabetes after learning that many people were dying from it. This saw him study Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Maryland High, Entebbe for his A’ Level. After his University studies, Nyanzi embarked on research with Buloba based African Growth Technology (AGT), where he was working as a consultant, but earning a monthly salary of Shs200, 000. He says his research efforts helped AGT receive funding worth US$1m. It is during this time that he developed an idea of making sugar from Stevia.  “While at University, I learnt about Stevia through reading. It dates back from colonial times in Uganda,” he says, adding that he embarked on the hunt for Stevia, but couldn’t get it until 2011. After the successful re-invention of Stevia, he says, he went back to Makerere University wit