also on the show, could technology help africa grasp its agricultural potential? i will be speaking to the big boss of a company helping to spread two spread farming across that vast continent. wherever you are joining across that vast continent. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, a big hello and warm to the showstopping russia s invasion of ukraine has devastated the population, leaving tens of thousands feared dead and millions displaced, destroying lives and uprooting the very fabric of that country. and at the heart of the ukrainian economy is agriculture, and in particular, growing crops, a nation known as the breadbasket of europe, disrupting that production that production is having a dramatic effect on the global food supply, having a dramatic effect on the globalfood supply, sending global food supply, sending prices globalfood supply, sending prices through the roof. the result is some of the world s poorest countries are now paying more money for les
west africa, and it has developed a tech platform being used by farmers in 33 countries. lucius attar, a real pleasure having you on my show. can we stop with this, let s take you back on how your company farm line started, originally a decade ago it was just you and a university friend, with 600 bucks. what happened next? friend, with 600 bucks. what happened next? thank you for havin: happened next? thank you for having me- happened next? thank you for having me- my happened next? thank you for having me. my partner - happened next? thank you for having me. my partner and i i having me. my partner and i started from mallory university commission, to help small farmers grow more food and make more money. they started from our own lived experiences of growing in famine commissions communities and seeing how farmers struggle to access very basic technologies that were invented over 100 years ago, high quality fertiliser and seed, intensive training and access to market. we reali