Greenhouse Technology in Nigeria

Greenhouse technology is the unique technique of providing favourable conditions to the plants. This technology has just one purpose, which is to provide and maintain a growing environment that will result in optimum crop production at maximum yield. 

This method apart from creating a favourable growing environment for crops also protect the plants from adverse climatic condition (such as cold, wind, precipitation, excessive radiation, extreme temperature, etc.) and from insects and disease. Greenhouses range from simple low cost wooden structures to galvanized and computerized greenhouses. 

Smart Farming…….Data Driven Farming with ZENVUS

Farm data collection and analysis has been helping farmers in developed countries to manage their farm operations better. The more information they have, the more they can make decisions tailored to their farm’s specific needs. The information obtained can help farmers identify efficiencies that lead to higher productivity and profitability, lower input costs, and optimized fertilizer use.

To help farmers in Nigeria with data collection and analysis, a Nigerian company, First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics has introduced 3 products, ZENVUS Smartfarm and ZENVUS Yield and ZENVUS web app. While the ZENVUS Smartfarm can help farmers eliminate guesswork in farming by knowing when, how and what to plant. The ZENVUS Yield enables farmers to be ahead of outbreaks of diseases, pests etc thereby making farming a real business.

Reducing Post harvest Losses of Agricultural Produce through Modern Controlled Atmosphere by Kehinde S.Jimoh

The Problem

Colossal post-harvest losses of fresh farm produce remain a daunting challenge to farmers in Nigeria due to inadequate storage and processing facilities. Every cropping season, farmers in Nigeria labour to produce various food items in large quantities but majority of these food items are lost due to inadequate storage and processing facilities and this also result in huge fortune losses to the farmers. 

Wastage of agricultural produce at farm gate and losses in the market places especially fruit and vegetables is a recurring challenge Nigerian peasant and mechanised farmers have been battling with. In fact, Nigeria loses about 40-60 per cent of farm produce annually to lack of storage and agro-processing facilities.