• Friday, September 06, 2024
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Transforming agriculture in the year 2020

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All practicing   farmers are very happy that they were able to see this year 2020 and hoping that this year will bring in bumper harvest with good weather for the agricultural production. They are in the processing of planning and thinking for the farming seasons and looking forward from assistant from the government and an individual.

Well the farmers also needs to work very hard in meeting the food security of the citizens and the best way is for them is too be able to do some research, identify food needs, use their previous experiences too determine of what of various crops, farming technology, innovative practices and livestock they are thinking for farming and marketing , so that they can sells and make profits and also take care of their various needs and family matters.

The Government should being able to provide inputs at when due and well distributed, with lower prices, in getting too the farmers, proactive extension services of the new technology, that will promote new breeds and of feed formulation for cattle’s herdsmen.

Training of the peasant farmers in post harvesting management practices, provision of the farm machineries at lower prices, given out of soft loans, that will target the small subsistence practices cooperative farmers, development of farm settlements, building of silos and helping the farmers to store their agricultural produce, establishment of marketing board, provisions of Agricultural transportations systems, that will boost the transportation of agricultural produce and they should also try in given weathers forecast and price markets information that will boost dissemination of available food produces across the country.

Increase fruit quality

The manner in which fruits like oranges which are being transported, grows and marketed call for serious attentions and there suppose been a simple technology of bagging the fruits along the value chain, well there are already made market, demands and small holders farmers are making a lot of profits, but the problems of preservation , harvesting, marketing, grading systems,   processing and price information. The transportations system is also a big concern and the storage technology, the government needs to look at this fruit business, help the fruit growers and the exportation methods that is require, such as the various information of the International buyers for exportation purposes and for government to generate revenue in oranges business, the best way of marketing and preservation should be a big concern of the government, thinking of making agriculture too be a lucrative business in the agricultural systems, too reduce cost of production, increase fruit quality, improve market systems and for the farmers to make profits.

Fast tracking agricultural technology

Government should being proactive enough too fast track all form of agricultural technology that will boost agricultural practices, increase yields, profitability of the peasant farmers, such technology should be targeted too peasant farmers , that will cover production, preservation, post harvesting management practices. Though in the develop countries there are new technology being develop that its use of the robotics in growing apples and which the apple growers are using complementary too other form of technologies being develop by different companies such as the swarm farm and the Green Atlas which have different product they are marketing, the technology are in the hands of Australians apple growers, such as the cartographer swam farm robots via swarm connections that have increased fruit quality , developing the fruit business, growing, thinning in apple orchards, flowering, spraying application technology systems, increase quality of yields, reduce cost of thinning operation during the seasons.

The Dutch company precision tractor makers

Although there are a lot of developments in the tractor production, manufacturing and business for the commercial farmers across the globe, it was amazing as the Tractor Dutch company Precision makers converting tractors into robotic tractors and has several improve simple tractors and then the future belongs to small self-driving human and robotic tractors systems in the world.

 

MICHAEL ADEDOTUN OKE

 

Oke is a facilitator, Talent Upgrade Global Concept