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Greenhouse Farming: Benefits and Opportunities in Nigeria

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May

The present agriculture sector faces the daunting challenge of providing adequate fruits and vegetables for the booming Nigeria population which is growing at more than 3% annually. There is limited scope for expansion of arable land in peri-urban and urban areas, and growing threat to open-field agriculture from climate change in the form of unpredictable weather, high temperature, drought, delayed/short rainfall, high incidence of pests and diseases, low yield and other disastrous events. These make the task of providing enough fruits and vegetables for the growing Nigeria population even more challenging. The changes in lifestyle and the accompanying increased needs brought on by new consumer habits have led to increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Fruits and vegetables enjoy wide acceptance by consumers, largely due to their beneficial health aspects. The new needs presented by consumers demand products of good quality and taste. The increase in demand for these products has caused farms to incorporate new production technique known as Greenhouse Farming Technology.

Greenhouse farming Technology involves the growth of high-value fruits and vegetables in a controlled protected structure. This controlled protected structure is what we call Greenhouse. Greenhouses have been used to grow tomatoes, bell pepper/sweet peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, leafy/root/fruit vegetables, fruits, strawberries herbs, spices, flowers, tissue-cultured seedlings, etc.

Greenhouse provides the most suitable micro-climate for maximum plant growth. The design, construction, and management of greenhouses in the tropical climates are quite different from the temperate climates. The tropical climates require the lowering of temperatures inside the greenhouses as against increasing temperature in the temperate climates.

Benefits of Greenhouse Farming

  1. Greenhouse farming is a sure guarantee for off-season and year-round production.
  2. Greenhouse farming can be started on marginal lands or using soilless culture (Hydroponics) in urban and peri-urban areas.
  3. Greenhouse farming technology maximizes small inputs (such as space, water, nutrients/fertilizers, etc.) to give large output and resource-use efficiency is assured.
  4. Greenhouse farming allows you to use fewer agrochemicals. You can incorporate organic amendments, fertilizers, and treatments into greenhouse farming. You can even go organic with greenhouse farming.
  5. Yield from greenhouse farming is 5-10 times higher than open-field cultivation. Hence, greenhouse farming is more profitable and secured than open-field cultivation.
  6. Greenhouse products have a longer shelf life and better quality. They are protected from external adverse weather conditions and there is low/no incidence of pests and diseases.
  7. Greenhouse farming technology is not rocket science. It can be learned with the guide of a greenhouse farming expert.

Opportunities in Greenhouse Farming

  1. Ready market: Greenhouse produces are in high demand by supermarkets, farmers’ markets, fruits, and veggies stores, processors, restaurants, confectioneries, hotels, domestic and international markets. Hence, greenhouse technology allows you to supply all-year-round.
  2. Low-Medium Cost Greenhouse Solution: There are low-medium cost solutions for greenhouse farming technology in Nigeria. Low-cost greenhouses are often constructed using timber, hardwood or bamboo while medium-cost greenhouses are constructed with G.I pipes.
  3. Group or Cooperative Farming: Greenhouse farming is a worthwhile investment in Nigeria for a group of individuals, investors, farmers, agripreneurs, entrepreneurs, graduates, professionals, or retirees. Existing farms can conveniently expand into greenhouse farming.
  4. Funding Opportunity: Expanding farms/greenhouses, groups, cooperatives, even start-ups can get funding from banks and financing organizations in Nigeria. Greenhouse farming technology offers more crop security than open-field farming.
  5. Moderate Payback Period: Greenhouse investment can be recovered in 1.5 – 2.0 years.

How to Access Greenhouse Technology

Greenhouse technology is readily available and can be accessed through our firm Kaspharyn Solutions, Nigeria. Our greenhouses are naturally Ventilated and fabricated locally using high-quality materials. We design, fabricate and construct both wooden greenhouses and galvanized greenhouses with size ranging from 240sqm to 500sqm.

These are some of the Greenhouse Farming: Benefits and Opportunities in Nigeria, for more feel free to contact us.

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15 thoughts on “Greenhouse Farming: Benefits and Opportunities in Nigeria”

  4. Onome Imoh says:

    Love what you guys are doing, great customer service, quick response to Q&As from client, products are of international standard. I am honored to know you guys and do business with you.

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  6. Hashimu Abbas Gambo says:

    Thanks for sharing this educational information on green house technology in Nigeria. I am very interested in your green house product and wish to request for your prices and sizes of each type per square metres,

    Thanks with my highest regards.

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  7. Rose Nwume says:

    I love what you are doing.
    Please could you assist me, I’m writing a project on tackling climate change in Africa using Nigeria as a case study through the promotion of greenhouse agriculture. i have a lot of questions can i have your contact

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