Greenhouse farming technology is an innovation that is gradually making its way into the Nigerian agricultural sector.
It is farming under a confined
controlled environment as against the traditional open field farming.
The structure can be made of glass or polythene covers depending on
availability and cost of materials. These structure ranges in size.
Greenhouse is essentially a controlled
environment limiting the devastating effects of insect pests and
diseases that ravage vegetables including tomatoes. It is not rain-fed
but brain-fed, as it comes complete with a customized drip irrigation
system. With little amount of land space and water, you are sure to get a
yield far higher than your traditional open field production.
With greenhouse farming a farmer can
have prolonged production period, efficient water utilization, low cost
of labour (that is spraying, weeding and watering) High quality of crop
produce, timely crop production, and less exposure to chemical toxin.
To go into greenhouse farming one must have basic knowledge on the certain areas in order to yield profit and to avoid loss.
Here are some of the things you should know.
- Site selection
- Type of crops that can be grown in a green house
- Type of greenhouse structure and which is suitable for you
- Proper building materials
- Irrigation process
- Crops management under Greenhouse conditions
- Greenhouse maintenance
- Appropriate production facilities
- Fertigation
- Crop spacing
- Temperature regulation and environmental control.
Locally replicated greenhouse technology
has been proven to provide a low cost alternative to the imported
greenhouse structures marketed by companies in Nigeria.
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