{"id":116048,"date":"2024-01-03T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=116048"},"modified":"2024-07-03T06:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:45:23","slug":"episode-69-chyka-okarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/episode-69-chyka-okarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 69: Chyka Okarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116051\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CO_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CO_banner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/ZDle6BRx-CO_banner-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CO_banner-190x59.jpg 190w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CO_banner-288x90.jpg 288w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/CO_banner.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/29308103\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Chyka Okarter talks about farming an Extension work in Nigeria, putting the lean farming concept into practice, and finding creative financing from within the food system.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hear about what agriculture looks like in Nigeria\u2014a pursuit with huge potential that Chyka feels is not being met in this country that\u2019s slightly larger than Texas. He talks about growing up in a farming family and wanting to go into agriculture to help farmers work more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the Feed the Future Program, USAID, and Winrock International\u2019s work in bridging the gap between Extension and small-scale farmers where there is one Extension agent to 10,000 farmers. Chyka\u2019s work is to train the trainers working with micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) cohorts to implement the lean principles in farm business approach. They wanted to try using the lean approach rather than the traditional Good Agronomic Practices approach, which can lead to information overload. Hear two examples\u2014in aquaculture and in crop production\u2014of how the six steps of the lean approach have led to big wins for farmers and the whole food chain. (Spoiler alert: One discovery changed the catfish mortality rate from 50%+ to 0% with this approach, and another is leading farmers to more precise organic fertilizer use.)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, listen in on how farmers in Nigeria\u2014a country in economic crisis\u2014are working within the food system for an innovative financing model involving input credits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Learn more about Chyka Okarter\u2019s work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winrock.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Winrock International<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"mailto:Chyka.Okarter@winrock.org\"><strong>Email Chyka<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOBBY FARMS PRESENTS: GROWING GOOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5349,"featured_media":96389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10465],"tags":[11047],"class_list":["post-116048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-hobby-farms-presents-growing-good"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Episode 69: Chyka Okarter - Hobby Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Episode 69 of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good with Chyka Okarter! 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