Tomato Yield in Recent Years The production of tomato in Nigeria has helped to make the vegetable crop readily available in Nigeria, though the yield over the years has not been able to satisfy the yearly consumption of Nigerians. Tomato, which is also called berry could be eaten raw or
Agrictech
MyFarmbase Africa Trains Youths on Soilless Farming in Abeokuta
As a follow-up to AgriTech Lab 1.0, we hosted 20 youths and participants of AgriTech Lab 1.0 at a soilless farm where they underwent a 3-hour long on-site training on soilless farming. The training which held on Wednesday 12th June, 2019 at Abeokuta, Ogun State was facilitated by Samson Ogbole,
MyFarmBase Hosts Talk Session on AgriTech for Profits at SMW 2019
As a foremost Agric-Tech organization that leverages innovative technologies, MyFarmBase hosted top agric experts on Thursday, 7th February in a talk session tagged AgriTech for Profits in Emerging Markets at Social Media Week 2019. The 5- man panel session was moderated by Iyanuoluwa Aliu, MyFarmBase’s Chief Administrator. The panelists — Sipasi
AgriTech Lab 2019 – Fostering Job Creation in the Agriculture Sector (TechPoint Office, Lagos)
Agriculture sector has the capacity to create multiple jobs for restive & unemployed youths in Nigeria. However, poor access to capital, land and labour can deter young people from being engage in Agribusiness. Our intervention however seeks to promote youth inclusion in Agriculture by helping these youths acquire the right
STORAGE TECHNIQUES OF MAIZE PRODUCTS
Storage has been the major problem of Nigerian agriculture for a long time and that has resulted in considerable waste of agricultural output. Due to inadequate storage facilities, a lot of farm produce have been condemned to wastage and our economy has suffered dearly for it. Nigeria is losing about
PRECISION AGRICULTURE
In the past, the term agriculture was practiced by virtually every household with little or no knowlege of what is called Precision Agriculture. It is the basic means of livelihood. Over the years, the operation evolved from growing crops to selling farm equipment to today, where our primary focus has
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION
The global growing population is driving up the demand for food. As the world’s population increases, food security seems to be on the decrease as one in nine person suffer chronic hunger and 12.9 percent of the population in developing countries are undernourished. More devastating is the vulnerability of agriculture
GREEN HOUSE TECHNOLOGY: A PANACEA TO FOOD INSECURITY
Is green house technology the panacea to food insecurity? In recent weeks, we have said a lot on the hunger situation in developing countries, which is increasing exponentially yearly. To know more about this, follow us @myfarmbase, and read through our previous tweet meets or visit our website www.myfarmbase.com.ng. One of
CREATING A BETTER WORLD WITH HYDROPONICS FARMING SYSTEM
Hydroponics farming system seem a bit like farming technology from the future. Hydroponics provides an answer to the world’s growing concerns: diminishing soil quality, and water scarcity. Due to these growing concerns, the world’s interest in hydroponics has increased greatly. Hydroponics is a soil-less, water-conserving, and high-density production technique. Hydroponics
Call For Volunteers
Call For Volunteers Application Deadline: Monday, 30th July 2018. http://bit.do/MFBVolunteer Are you a Student in any Tetiary Institution in Africa? Are you a recent graduate or you were just posted for NYSC in Nigeria? Are you also passionate about Agriculture, Food Security and Emerging Technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Hydroponics
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