ABOUT / TMAN
Build in Nigerian agriculture without figuring it out alone.
The Modern Agriculture Network is a private, vetted network for people serious about building, investing and operating in Nigerian agriculture.
It brings together credible information, industry relationships, practical learning and serious participants so members can navigate the sector with better context.
WHY PEOPLE COME TO TMAN
You don't need more random information. You need to know what matters next.
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Who can I trust?
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Where do I fit?
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What should I investigate first?
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Who should I speak to?
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Is this actually commercially viable?
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What am I missing?
Nigerian agriculture is not short of information, people or opportunity.
The difficulty is knowing which information matters, which relationships are credible and what should happen between interest and actually deploying time, land or capital.
TMAN was built around that gap.
WHAT TMAN ACTUALLY DOES
Information is only one part of it.
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UNDERSTAND
Market intelligence, practical education and sector-specific conversations help you build context.
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GET CLOSER
Hear from operators, researchers, businesses, institutions and other people closer to the work.
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BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
Meet other people investing, operating, exploring and building across the ecosystem.
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INVESTIGATE
Use better questions, information and relationships to conduct your own due diligence.
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MOVE
Turn interest into conversations, visits, research, validation and informed action.
TMAN does not make decisions for members. It helps members become better equipped to make their own.
INSIDE TMAN
This is already happening.
SESSION
CASSAVA
A session bringing together perspectives across research, processing and commercial cassava value chains.
SESSION
GREENHOUSE FARMING
A practical conversation around greenhouse and soilless production with people operating in the sector.
SESSION
PALM
Current programming exploring the commercial realities of palm plantations and the wider value chain.
ONGOING
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Regular Nigerian agriculture analysis looking beyond headlines to identify commercial implications, risks and areas worth investigating.
MEMBER-LED
MEMBER REQUESTS
Members can request topics, organisations, speakers and relationships they would like TMAN to explore.
ONGOING
NETWORKING
Structured sessions where members find out what others are building, what they need and where useful relationships may exist.
WHO BELONGS HERE
Different entry points. One industry.
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INVESTORS
You want to understand opportunities and risks before deploying capital.
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ASPIRING FOUNDERS
You want to identify what you could realistically build across the agricultural value chain.
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LANDOWNERS
You want to understand what could commercially make sense around land you own or plan to acquire.
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OPERATORS
You are already in agriculture and want stronger relationships, intelligence and wider context.
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PROFESSIONALS
You have expertise in another field and want to understand where your skills could intersect with agriculture.
You do not need to already work in agriculture. You do need to be serious about participating.
WHAT MEMBERS STEP INTO
Not just access to a group chat.
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE
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INDUSTRY SESSIONS
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MEMBER NETWORK
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DROP-INS
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RESOURCES
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RECORDINGS
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MEMBER REQUESTS
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NETWORKING
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COMPANY & INSTITUTION CONVERSATIONS
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FARM & FACILITY OPPORTUNITIES AS ORGANISED
Membership gives you ongoing access to the people, information, programming and conversations TMAN is building around Nigerian agriculture.
Some of the value of a network only becomes visible once you are inside it.
OUR ORIGIN
The Modern Agriculture Network was founded in 2026 by Grace A.L. Davis and is operated by Dominion AgriGrowth Ltd.
TMAN grew out of a recurring observation: people serious about Nigerian agriculture were often trying to navigate disconnected information, unfamiliar value chains and relationships on their own.
The network was created to bring more of those pieces together.
Grace A.L. Davis
Founder, The Modern Agriculture Network
FAQ
Before you explore membership.
Ready to stop figuring it out alone?
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I'm ready for the network.
Join TMAN for ongoing access to intelligence, events, resources, relationships and member programming.
EXPLORE TMAN MEMBERSHIP →02
I'm still working out where I fit.
Join the free Nigerian Agriculture Entry Sprint and leave with an Entry Profile, due-diligence framework and 90-day plan.
JOIN THE FREE SPRINT →You can do both. The Sprint is not a prerequisite for TMAN membership.