Maximizing the potentials of Urban Farming in Nigeria and Reducing Farmers/herdsmen clashes through HYDROPONICS

Plants grow through a process called photosynthesis, in which they use sunlight and a chemical inside their leaves called chlorophyll to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. There's no mention of soil anywhere and that means plants can grow without it. Hydroponics is the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. 

A couple of years back, botanists discovered that Soil works as a reservoir for things like nutrient material and also as a medium by which the plant may strengthen itself, so, when the water supplied to plants already has the needed organic material, and plants are secured or even suspended by other method, then soil becomes unnecessary.

Dairy Farming in Saudi Arabia: How Nigeria can attain Self-Sufficiency in Milk Production by Kehinde S.Jimoh

Dairy farming is a class of agriculture that is concerned with the production of milk and milk products from dairy animals. Although any large ruminant animal can produce milk, commercial milk are typically from high producing dairy cattle breeds like Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss, Dairy Shorthorn, American Milking Devon, Ayrshire cattle etc, these dairy cattle are found in temperate regions where they are best able to express their genetic potential to produce milk.

Other conditions necessary for good milk production include availability of high quality pastures and portable water. Top milk producing countries include United States of America, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Germany, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, etc and this is largely due to a cool climatic environment that supports dairy farming.

Saudi Arabia is a very arid country with an average high temperature of about 45°C and low annual rainfall. Only about 2 percent of the country’s enormous land mass is suitable for agriculture making it difficult to get land for growing crops and pasture. There is no permanent freshwater sources such as rivers or lakes and so the major source of water in this country is through sea water desalination. These combination of factors make Saudi Arabia an unsuitable country for commercial agriculture but interesting this country has a developed world-class dairy industry.