While agricultural breakthrough is being continually witnessed and embraced in the developed part of the world, a considerably large part of our agricultural system in Nigeria is still being affected by external factors like weather conditions, pest invasion and rainfall. In other words, our farmers can’t consistently supply maize and watermelon to the market in the dry and rainy season respectively.
Considering the number of factors that still threaten our farm output, it isn’t surprising that farmers still experience low yields which in turn make at least a particular food item sparsely available in the market in every harvest season. For instance, the tomato drought that was witnessed in mid-2016 increased the price of tomato to more than 70% of its initial price (https://thisdaylive.com 19th may, 2016) within that same period. The following year, cassava took the same route and Garri which is popularly referred to as the poor man’s food became scarce and expensive in the market.
How then can farmers/entrepreneurs take advantage of poor supply of food items in a country with an ever-growing mouth to feed like ours? The simple answer to this question is by adopting greenhouse practices. By adopting greenhouse farming, you automatically afford yourself the luxury to grow any plant within and beyond their natural seasons.
With a well-constructed greenhouse, you are only a step away from making round the year income from farming as you can always plant vegetables of all variants, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers of all species and many other plants beyond their seasons. Aside from the aforementioned benefit, below are the additional benefits associated with planting in a greenhouse:
- Improved Yields: Being a controlled environment that is protected from virtually all the hazards of outdoor farming, you have a higher chance of having a bumper harvest when you farm in a greenhouse. As a result, there is more food in circulation and higher Returns on Investment for every greenhouse farmer and entrepreneur.
- More pest/Disease control: Planting in a greenhouse prevents you from the use and effect of pesticides as you might never need to apply them on your plants.
The key to maximizing the benefits listed above and many more depends greatly on the techniques used in constructing the greenhouse and the materials used. A not-so-good greenhouse material might just put all the effort to waste.
If you are interested in exploring the opportunity provided by the current food shortage experienced in this country, you stand a higher chance by planting in a greenhouse. Who better to build a reliable greenhouse that is capable of serving you for a considerably long period in Nigeria without costing you a fortune? Well, that is our specialization.
In addition to installing a reliable greenhouse for our customer, we also help our customers in the implementation of hydroponics farming in their greenhouse. For more enquiries about the installation of a greenhouse for farming and the benefits contained therein, contact us via any of the medium provided in our contact page and get a response in as little as no time.