Becoming popular at a time when Nigerians are confronted with widespread hunger across the country, sack farming, also referred to as vertical sacks farming, which has gained attention in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia provides us with the opportunity to reduce food insecurity.
In its simple form sack farming is the growing of crops and vegetables in soil-filled sacks, polythene bags and containers. The most common plants planted include yam, sweet potato, and vegetables such as tomatoes, pepper, onion, cabbages, lettuce, and mushrooms. Spaces available in backyard, courtyard and corridors could be used for the bags or containers.
The uniqueness of sack farming has to do with the advantages of saving space, allowing free flow of water down to the roots, as well as saving the energy spent on the manual cultivation of large spaces of land. It could also translate what is considered a hubby into a lucrative business. Interestingly, one distinguished Nigerian that is passionately promoting sack farming is none other than famous Farmer Seyi Davids, the CEO of the multiple award-winning Xtralarge Farms and Resorts Ltd.
It would be recalled that while celebrating the Workers Day on May 1, 2024 precisely in his media chat he highlighted the aforementioned benefits of sack farming. Emphasizing the fact that city dwellers who do not have access to vast acres of land could latch on sack farming to enhance food security, he urged Nigerians to key into it. Said he: “When you produce and eat healthy, organic food, other challenges are secondary”. But there is more to his gospel of increased food safety and security than we may care to admit. Such should be promoted in the public sphere.
For instance, as a pragmatic advocate of organic farming, he has emphasized the importance of using compost manure, cow dung and chicken’s droppings as organic manure instead of chemical fertilizers. This, as it operates on a larger scale right there at Xtralarge Farms Agritech City, at Idi-Iroko boosts the production of organic food items that are safe for human consumption. These include yam, maize, cassava and radish to mention but a few.
Giving teeth to the bite on the production of organic food, Xtralarge Farms has in place training programs for those interested in organic farming to benefit from. Through these enlightening and empowerment programs, participants get to know more about the steps to take, the cost implications, the amounts of raw materials required and of course, the right time to plant what item.
With all these at the disposal of enlightened Nigerians the expectation is that most of us should get involved in sack farming. It is good for dwarf crops, as well as the use of hybrid seedlings that mature early, that are also disease- resistant and have bumper harvest.
Of significance, is that the duo of Dr. Seyi Davids and his ever resourceful wife, Dr. Moji Davids have emerged as the game-changers in Nigeria’s fertile agriculture landscape, promoting self-empowerment, entrepreneurship, tourism and healthy living. All these have materialised through the life-changing Xtralarge Farms and Resorts Ltd over the past enriching years.
With a moving mantra of “raising a generation of passionate farmers” and propelled by the unfailing value of integrity, which has become its watchword several lives have been transformed from the pitiable pit of poverty to the pinnacle of prosperity. These have been achieved by deploying the Food Network, and the Xtra Token which is the first – of – its – kind on the African continent.
Indeed, Xtra Token comes up as a digital asset through savings and investments that yield daily returns! “Do you mean daily returns on investment”? An interested investor once asked yours truly. And I responded with a vehement “yes”. That is because the proposed allowable currency at the Agritech City kicks off with a startup of 50,000 units. Yet, that is not all there is to the money making opportunities available to investors.
Next comes the Millionaires Club at the Agritech City through the members’ introduction of people either to buy property or invite others for tourism. And interestingly, such visitors stand to gain more knowledge on the investment opportunities and healthy eating while they savour the peace and tranquility of the serene environment.
The empowerments are therefore, built on the state – of -the – art technologies that are second to none. It is therefore, advisable to connect with Xtralarge Farms to get the requisite knowledge on sack farming, and get actively involved in other investments that will empower every member to smile all the way to the bank.
