The Director, Impact Robust Group of Companies, Mr. Abhishek Narayan, has called on Sesame feed farmers to embrace the usage of Mobile APP technology on their farmlands, as a measure to get rid of pests and other risks capable of affecting their production.
The mobile application is used to harness satellite data and when downloaded, it guides farmers on daily tasks for farming in line with best practice, predicting yield and wealth condition while preserving the soil from pests attack.
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Narayan, who made the call at a town hall meeting with a farmers’ group in Kano on Monday, explained that a paradigm shift away from traditional farming production to technology driven practice remains an alternative solution to mitigate the impact.
He, however, noted that unless urgent precautionary measures are deployed, the impact of Soil degradation may lead to 40 percent loss of global food production in the next 20 years.
He said although 52 percent of global arable soil for agriculture are being affected, a maximum threat is cropping from the effect of global warming, leaving about 3.2 billion global population with food deficit.
According to him, the agric processing firm is engaging farmers in sustainable farming practices to preserve the quality of soil in Nigeria.
He said to achieve the best agricultural standard, there was the need for introduction of acre square, a mobile application which would boost farmers yield, and prevent possible attack of diseases and pests on produce.
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Narayan further disclosed that the
Robust is deepening farmers’ engagement essentially in the area of processing and value addition to crops like Sesame, beans and other spices crop to reduce export of raw materials.
According to him, the firm is establishing a processing industry in Kano and Lagos to improve value chain production, create job opportunities and build the economic viability of the country of
“The application is not new globally because over 41 million farmers in 50 countries are presently using the Application on 30 million hectares of land globally. It is a well established and widely used application in several countries including India, Singapore and many African nations.
“The mobile application is used to harness satellite data and when downloaded, it guides farmers on daily tasks for farming in line with best practice, predicting yield and wealth condition while preserving the soil from pest attack, he said.
In his remarks, the Vice President of National Association of Sesame Farmers of Nigeria, Malam Sadiq Kasim expressed satisfaction on the introduction of modern technology to improve agricultural production in Nigeria.
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Sadiq urged the firm to ensure a necessary avenue is created to cascade awareness and sensitization on the significance of the technology.
A cross section of farmers who spoke at the occasion, advised the organisation to translate the programme of how to apply the Mobile app into Hausa or Arabic languages saying this will enable them to quickly understand it and use it effectively.
