Building Stronger Communities Through Agriculture & Collective Action
Oyo Farmers & Settlers is a community for people connected to Oyo State, bringing together indigenes, residents, farmers and friends of Oyo to build stronger communities and a sustainable future.
Sustaining the agrarian heritage of Oyo State through collective ownership and modern value chains.
A Digital Village Square for Oyo
Whether you live in Oyo State, another part of Nigeria or somewhere around the world, Oyo Farmers & Settlers provides a platform to stay connected, participate in community initiatives and contribute to the development of Oyo.
Farmers & Agritech
Smallholder growers, commercial cassava and grain producers, livestock keepers, and agricultural technologists feeding families and driving wealth.
Claim Your Place in Oyo’s Growth
Connect your family, farm, or enterprise to the centralized cooperative ledger.
Empowering Oyo’s Farmers
Through strategic grants, zero- to low-interest financing, cooperative organizing, infrastructure, local processing, and market access, we build self-sustaining agrarian wealth.
GRANTS
FINANCING
COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
FOOD PROCESSING
MARKET ACCESS
Grants & Catalytic Funding
Direct seed capital and equipment grants targeted at smallholder families, youth agrarians, and women farmers to acquire modern tools and climate-smart seeds without debt burden.
Beyond Farming: The Full Value Chain
True agricultural independence requires infrastructure at every tier. Oyo Farmers & Settlers organizes investment across the entire spectrum—from seed bed to consumer marketplaces.
FARMING
Empowering smallholders and commercial growers with quality inputs, regenerative agronomy, and zero- to low-interest working capital.
Building Stronger Communities Through Collective Finance
Through our partnership with FinSquare, Oyo Farmers & Settlers is building the foundation for a community where members can participate in structured contributions, community finance and cooperative initiatives.
Independent Security
Member contributions and account verification are handled externally via FinSquare’s regulated banking layer.
Structured Savings
Disciplined community pooling designed to fund cooperative machinery and seasonal inputs.
Cooperative Autonomy
Democratic allocation overseen by accredited leaders and audited by community consensus.
Our Partners
From Community to Cooperative
Our long-term vision is to build a strong and organized community that grows into a cooperative and ultimately a union, giving members greater capacity to pool resources, finance productive activities and develop projects that benefit Oyo communities.
COMMUNITY
Bringing together people connected to Oyo across towns, rural clusters, and the global diaspora around shared purpose.
MEMBERSHIP
Formal onboarding into structured chapters, establishing identity, local coordination, and shared civic responsibility.
COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION
Regular contributions, knowledge exchanges, pilot community farms, and grassroots decision-making assemblies.
COOPERATIVE
Full registration of legally accredited cooperative societies capable of joint asset ownership, credit provision, and bulk procurement.
FARMERS’ UNION
Federated state-wide union advocating for policy reforms, guaranteed crop price corridors, and large-scale agricultural industrialization.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Generational food sovereignty, vibrant rural economies, resilient infrastructure, and lasting prosperity for Oyo State.
COMMUNITY
Bringing together people connected to Oyo across towns, rural clusters, and the global diaspora around shared purpose.
Leadership
Akinbami Justina Riike
President, Oyo Farmers & Settlers
“Our collective strength lies in organizing our people, modernizing our agricultural foundation, and ensuring that the value generated in Oyo remains in Oyo.”
Under the stewardship of Akinbami Justina Riike, Oyo Farmers & Settlers unites agricultural pioneers, rural community elders, youth agrarians, and diaspora partners into an organized, legally sovereign body.
Building Oyo’s Future Starts With Organized Action
Join fellow indigenes, residents, farmers and diaspora partners. Secure your voice in the cooperative movement transforming our state.