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Dr Idris Badiru, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of
Agric. Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, has said
dry season farming yields more money to farmers.
Badiru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday that farmers get more returns from less effort in the dry season.
The Agric.Extensionist said that the crops planted during the dry season (between November and March) are usually vegetables and maize, stressing that the products are always fresh and healthy.
Badiru emphasised that planting during the dry season yields more to farmers, as the vegetables are usually more expensive and neat, unlike the ones gotten in the rainy season.
“With dry season farming, the products can grow throughout the year because ordinarily, at that particular time of the year, people don’t normally cultivate.
“The practice is virtually the same with that of the rainy season, except that farmers will water the crops themselves.
“They should do the normal land clearing, till the soil, do some weeding and also apply insecticides to control pests and diseases,” he said.
Dr Morufat Balogun, a Principal Lecturer at the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, said vegetables, especially pumpkin (ugu) could be gotten very fresh when grown out of season.
Balogun noted that farmers can plant in close containers like pots, saying that it requires no labour, as they will not need to water it too often.
“Also, they will not have to weed often in this case because when they put soil in the pot, the first set of weeds that normally comes out is not likely to come again,unlike in the case of the one planted directly
on the soil.Farmers can also use hydroponics system; whereby you put water in a container but the water will be nutrient (it can be fertiliser solution). You now have a substrate that absorbs little water.The substrate will enable the plant to swim on top of it. There is also aeroponics system, which also requires no labour and the products are always very good and fresh,” she said.
The geneticist emphasised that a farmer, depending on the capacity, can choose any of the systems, stressing that access to information on the technologies is important.
She further explained that planting around the riverside is better and cheaper, as the farmer will not need to pump/pour water on the plants and there will be enough water for cultivation in the dry season
Badiru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday that farmers get more returns from less effort in the dry season.
The Agric.Extensionist said that the crops planted during the dry season (between November and March) are usually vegetables and maize, stressing that the products are always fresh and healthy.
Badiru emphasised that planting during the dry season yields more to farmers, as the vegetables are usually more expensive and neat, unlike the ones gotten in the rainy season.
“With dry season farming, the products can grow throughout the year because ordinarily, at that particular time of the year, people don’t normally cultivate.
“The practice is virtually the same with that of the rainy season, except that farmers will water the crops themselves.
“They should do the normal land clearing, till the soil, do some weeding and also apply insecticides to control pests and diseases,” he said.
Dr Morufat Balogun, a Principal Lecturer at the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, said vegetables, especially pumpkin (ugu) could be gotten very fresh when grown out of season.
Balogun noted that farmers can plant in close containers like pots, saying that it requires no labour, as they will not need to water it too often.
“Also, they will not have to weed often in this case because when they put soil in the pot, the first set of weeds that normally comes out is not likely to come again,unlike in the case of the one planted directly
on the soil.Farmers can also use hydroponics system; whereby you put water in a container but the water will be nutrient (it can be fertiliser solution). You now have a substrate that absorbs little water.The substrate will enable the plant to swim on top of it. There is also aeroponics system, which also requires no labour and the products are always very good and fresh,” she said.
The geneticist emphasised that a farmer, depending on the capacity, can choose any of the systems, stressing that access to information on the technologies is important.
She further explained that planting around the riverside is better and cheaper, as the farmer will not need to pump/pour water on the plants and there will be enough water for cultivation in the dry season
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