When the Soil Speaks, We Answer: CAAD’s Abia Farmers Workshop 2026
By the Centre for Agricultural Advocacy and Development
There are moments in the life of a movement when words fall short ; when only images, tears of joy, and the quiet dignity of calloused hands holding a certificate can tell the full story.
April 9, 2026, was one such moment.
At the Kolping Society Hall, World Bank, Umuahia, Abia State, something sacred happened. Farmers ,young and old, women wrapped in the colours of their conviction, men who have walked barefoot on Nigerian soil and coaxed life from it, gathered under one roof, under one theme: Bridging the Productivity Gap in the Agricultural Sector in Abia State.”
They came from near. They came from far. And CAAD received every single one of them.
Because that is what we do. We do not just organise workshops.
We build altars to the future of African agriculture.
Certificates were placed in hands that plant, that harvest, that feed nations. Sis. Grace Nnandi smiled like someone who had waited a lifetime to be seen. Chioma Onyekachi stood tall like a declaration. Ngwuli Amarachi held her recognition like a promise fulfilled.
These are not just names; they are the heartbeat of Abia’s agricultural tomorrow.
Our facilitators poured knowledge like rainfall on drought-weary ground.
Discussions ignited. Questions flew like birds freed from cages. And in every corner of that hall, something powerful was reborn – belief.
Belief that the Nigerian farmer is not forgotten.
That someone is standing in the gap.
CAAD has always stood in that gap.
With over 251,000 smallholder farmers across Nigeria and West Africa trusting our voice,
we carry this responsibility with reverence. Every workshop is a covenant.
Every certificate, a seed planted in the future.
To our partners, sponsors, speakers, and participants — you were not just attendees.
You were co-authors of a chapter that Abia State’s agricultural history will not forget.
The soil spoke on April 9th.
And through CAAD, we answered.
Follow our journey at www.caadafrica.org | Join the movement.
Feed the future.
