A Nigerian Entrepreneur Teaches Women to Farm and Grow in Self-Confidence

Rita Robert Otu of Beau Haven Farms is helping rural women grow and sell vitamin A-rich cassava — and changing their lives in the process.

Rita Robert Otu of Beau Haven Farms with a root vegetable called cassava.

The idea behind Rita Robert Otu’s Beau Haven Farms in Southern Nigeria is simple: Train women to grow vitamin…