In the early hours of the morning, most of us wake up rushing through our routine and throwing ourselves at work before we even have the chance to refresh our minds, souls, and bodies. For Wael Basheer Abdel Halim, founder of WiiWii’s Farm, however, the mornings are for answering the calls of nature; the birds, the animals and the plants. Living on the planet’s hungriest continent, the need to secure food and preserve land is seeing the rise of farmers as entrepreneurs and shifting farming from rural areas to cities. While commercial entrepreneurship has been the dominant driver in the market, social and environmental forms of entrepreneurship are redesigning spaces that reconcile the relationship between nature, farmers and consumers. Building a farm business isn’t just about finding a piece of land with great soil. It is also about having the right infrastructure, being collaborative, asking lots of questions and combining passion with hard work, dedication, and will-power. For Wael, 37, becoming a farmer wasn’t easy after working in telecommunications for years with no knowledge of agriculture. But he has since learned from several farmers how to grow food, and has…
WiiWii’s Farm: Beginning a Small Farm Dream in the Desert in Egypt
May 23, 2021
