The potential of agave as fodder: When comparing agave with conventional fodders (corn silage, alfalfa, oats, sorghum), the economic and water costs of these latter options are significantly higher. For this reason, the BAP project promotes the use of agave as a fodder base, especially in water-stressed regions.

In 2022, Kagarko, a ginger farmer from Aribi in Kaduna, Nigeria, watched his harvest collapse from the usual 100 bags to just 10. A year later, Boniface, a yam farmer from Kogi State, suffered the same fate when her tubers were fewer, smaller, and barely worth storing.