Rural areas have always been concerned with all or most of the food production in Nigeria. Agricultural foods produced in villages are usually transported through rails or roads to the urban market, such foodstuffs like; mangoes, bananas, plantains, pears, yams, beans, tomatoes, green vegetables, cucumbers, snails, palm oil etc are commonly transported. Some of these …
Eliminating food miles in Nigeria through urban farming. Read More »
Traditional farming is gradually fading away and being replaced with vertical farming. One major reason being that greater food yield is obtained through vertical farms than traditional farms. What is Vertical Farming? Vertical farming is simply the practice of growing crops in horizontally stacked layers rather than the traditional horizontal method of growing crops. The …
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According to reports by United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, about 19.4 million people will face food insecurity accross Nigeria between June and August 2022. This is about 10 percent of the country’s 200 million population not having something to eat. In addition to this Global Hunger Index in the year 2021 ranked Nigeria 103 …
Food security in Nigeria through vertical farming. Read More »
The agricultural sector of most developed countries are experiencing mind-blowing changes in form of technology adoption, favourable policy creation and implementation, increased access to loans and farm inputs, etc., all of which have helped the farmers of such countries to attain reduced cost, increased profit, food security and sustainable farming, at different levels. However, despite …
It is no longer news that urban farming is now been considered as a much more modern and sustainable way of farming, following how such modern practice of farming provides good, healthy and desirable food for people, particularly in the urban areas where there is a rapid urbanization. However, despite how some developed and developing …
Utilizing the Urban Areas of Nigeria for Sustainable Urban Farming. Read More »
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