‌Sustainable and Innovative Agriculture

Agriculture in Nigeria has become a gold mine for young enterprising individuals. With the near extinct nature of office and government jobs, it has become Paramount for young people to create businesses for themselves and agriculture has proven to be one sector with great opportunities for entrepreneurship.

In the year 2020 agriculture accounted for providing employment for 35% of the population, this is an increase from the past years and goes to show that with right innovative and sustainable ideas agriculture can become the main stay of the Nigerian economy.

Introduction to farming

There are certain stages involved in farming they are:

Land preparation :- your yield greatly depend on the quality of land preparation these involve land clearing the use of agro chemicals, making of ridges, beds for planting any activities carried out before planting is known as land preparation we will discuss the above terms as we continue.

Clearing of land :-this can be achieved with the use of mechanized tool such tractor ( plough) bulldozer, bush mower or the use of simple tools such as cutlass, hoe, rake, spade, garden fork and digger etc.

Land preparation for planting :-After the farm land has been cleared form all weeds and debris. The land must be tilled before planting is done.

Tillage of land makes the soil to be soft and allow easy root development, water absorption to the root system, nutrient to plant since the root travel far. For root crops this also increase yeild hence tillage of farm land is very important to improve yeild. There are many forms of tillage used for vegetables planting. Ridges, Beds (flat and raised beds).

Tools used for tillage includes hoes, garden fork, spade, harrowing and Ridgers Depending on the plant and spacing desire the ridges and bed are prepared accordingly.