Reaching a 3-week Maturing Amaranthus hybridus

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • July 4, 2024
  • 14 min read

The leafy green Amaranthus hybridus (known as ẹfọ tẹtẹ, Nigerian spinach) is one vegetable I really think the potential needs to be improved; and I strongly believe this can be done, with the plant’s special attributes. A cheap nature and an unusually high, wide-range nutrient profile enables the green form good source of nutritious food […]

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Innovative Growing -Sac Farming

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • July 4, 2024
  • 8 min read

Note: This article was first published on LinkedIn on February 4, 2020. If we have been following the population dynamics trend in the world in recent times, then, we would see the need to rethink how we practice agriculture, to sustainably feed the regions that would harbour most of Nigeria’s future population. It is that […]

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Discussing the Tomato crisis

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • June 7, 2024
  • 9 min read

I have been following the tomato scarcity and price hike issue in the nation and deemed it important to weigh in based on what I know and also as a media person to inform the audience, being baffled with the incomplete information given and measures pursued and wanting to clarify issues directing focus to what […]

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How Nigeria Can Extract More Value from Its Pulses

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • May 19, 2024
  • 18 min read

In early february this year, on “World’s Pulses Day”, I joined Vestance (an agribusiness intelligence firm) on an X (Twitter) space to discuss how Nigeria can extract more value from its pulses. Prior to this event I had always wanted to inform people on how super a crop group pulses are to sustainably reaching an […]

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Adeolu Ayanwale, an Agricultural Economics professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, has emphasized the importance of digital training for farmers nationwide to enhance food production in Nigeria.  This call was made during a recent workshop organized by the Commonwealth of Learning, Canada, in collaboration with OAU and the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI).  Ayanwale […]

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Sack Farming

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 22, 2024
  • 15 min read

Lecture 1: Introduction & Requirements Table of Contents   Section A  About   Section B Importance of sack farm    Section C Importance of sack farm    Section D (Materials Required)  Prepare your mind.  Land history and situation.  Soil (type, fertility test, preparation).  Manure (rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and carbon).  Fertiliser. Irrigation.  Seeds (hybrid […]

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Reaching an Early Maturing Amaranthus hybridus

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 22, 2024
  • 14 min read

Reaching an Early Maturing Amaranthus hybridus The leafy green Amaranthushybridus (known as ẹfọtẹtẹ, Nigerian spinach) is one vegetable I really think the potential needs to be improved; and I strongly believe this can be done, with the plant’s special attributes. A cheap nature and an unusually high, wide-range nutrient profile enables the green form good […]

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GMO Adoption

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 22, 2024
  • 35 min read

We are Informing the Adoption of GMOs & GM Foods all Wrong! Author: Toheeb Azeez 1.       Local and global crises At this time, people are very concerned about what they eat than ever. Cancer is one of the leading killer diseases and causes of death in the world today, and some forms and their increasing […]

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The Art of Growing cucumber successfully.

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 7, 2024
  • 1 min read

I took time out to write on how to grow cucumber successfully. Venturing into agriculture one of the first crop/things I ever did was growing cucumber. Many of my productions did not go really well. But the mistakes I made, failures I saw, I was able to reflect on them, which guided my subsequent productions […]

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10 tips from my experience to help you grow tomatoes

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • April 13, 2020
  • 16 min read

1.       Good production starts outside the field. Laying good foundation is crucial to seeing great results with tomato production. This entails procuring the right seeds and ensuring appropriate field conditions that promote proper growth, development, thriving, and productivity of seeds. Quite a number of productions are impacted and even from the start by pests, diseases, […]

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