Nigeria FAO's Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (SARD) proposes that the perspectives of rural farmers be integrated into national policies on agriculture. Some stakeholders are championing the course of farmers' right to be heard by governments. In this interview, Dr. Makanjuola Olaseinde Arigbede, National Co-ordinator of the Nigerian Union of Small and Medium Scale Farmers told FAO's Liliane Kambirigi how in recent times his organization has mobilized farmers to make their concerns heard in the drafting of agricultural policies of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS):