Agricultural

Today’s Scenario

Agriculture is the sector which continues to sit on the driver’s seat and will remain so forever as long as we don’t get rid of stomachs; So it becomes fairly important for any reform or revolution to address this sector and in this race information technology has been the front runner.

Information technology has led from the front in the information sharing process among the Agro scientists, Engineers, Farmers and Students. Because of the core dependency of information technology on Internet might have restricted the reach of the information but situation will not remain so for long.

Now scientists from all over the world collaborate over the internet, for sharing the information about the research on land fertility, seed hybridization, reducing the man efforts and making the farming environment less challenging and cost effective. Read the rest of this entry »

Agriculture has been the mainstay of any West African Country, especially Nigeria and Ghana. Agriculture, to be very candid, is not only about food production; it includes rearing of animals, forestry, botany, horticulture and so on. The agricultural sector for a very long time has been the major economic backbone of most West African nations, very specifically Nigeria before the discovery of the so called liquid gold (crude oil).

It is a truism that man and animal cannot survive without food, clothes and shelter. We shall see discuss here how Agriculture has assisted in proffering panacea to these. In this regard, the proper thing to do is define what Agriculture means in such a manner that a lay man can understand. It is defined as an art and science of producing crops and rearing of animals for man use. Some of its branches I mentioned earlier on. The fact is the impacts of Agriculture on West Africa, to be very candid cannot be over-emphasized. The sector provides employment opportunities in many different ways for people. It improves their living standard; it provides raw materials for industries, most especially the manufacturing industries; provision of shelters and clothing. Agriculture is also a viable source of foreign exchange. Read the rest of this entry »