Category: Crop

If you could recall, late last year, I published an article on this blog demonstrating the mulching of one-hectare plantain farm with sawdust and I…

Vermicompost fertilizer is the fertilizer made from organic waste through the actions of some cultivated vermicompost earthworms, usually red wigglers and white worms. Vermicompost organic…

Insect pests control is a very important practice that must be carried out to ensure the production of crops in its right quantity and quality….

Hydroponic farming is an urban system of farming that allows you to grow crops without the use of soil as a growing medium. This system…

I have always been interested in writing about tomato cultivation, especially how farmers can get bigger tomato fruits to attract a handsome market price for…

Weed control is a very crucial post-planting operation on a plantain farm. There are several ways of controlling weeds in farms; irrespective of the method…

Why is it important to plant more than one crop on a piece of land? What is the best way to intercrop one or more…

Farmer’s most important pests are monkeys, birds, rodents and other vertebrate pests. These pests do not only reduce the quality of crop but they greatly…

According to a study carried out at the Teaching and Research farm of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti in Nigeria in the quest to proffer a cheap and sustainable method of treating plantain suckers for farmers, these two methods have been found very effective than the use of pesticides.

The neem tree, botanically known as Azadirachta indica, is an evergreen tree commonly found in tropical and sub-tropical areas; Neem tree is one of the…