Okra is a common vegetable crop grown in many part of the tropics for its mucilaginous fruits. It is a dicotyledonous annual herbaceous plant that’s widely grown in all ecological zones of Nigeria but is not of much economic importance Read more…
Author: Akin Chaktty
Growing up in a family deeply rooted in agriculture, I developed an early passion for cultivating the land, caring for animals, and exploring sustainable ways to improve farm productivity. I've worked extensively across multiple areas of agriculture, food and cash crop cultivation, poultry farming, fish farming etc. At FarmPally, I enjoy sharing practical insights drawn from real-life experiences to help farmers, pet owners, and agriculture lovers make informed, and sustainable decisions.
The system of rearing animals, including pigs, can be classified into two groups. The extensive method and the intensive method. The first method is usually practiced by peasants or small-scale producers while the second can only be practiced by Large-scale Read more…
Lettuce is a seasonal herb that is considered the world’s most important salad crop. Origin and distribution of Lettuce The centre of origin of L. sativa appears to be the middle east. The first records of lettuce as a Read more…
Modern-day Pig House The design of a pig building depends on some important factors such as the type of materials found within the area, the climate, the purpose for which they are kept (e.g breeding or fattening), and the amount Read more…
Bitter leaf plants are shrubs and their leaves are used as a vegetable. Vernonia amygdalina, Vernonia colorata, and Vernonia calvoana are the three species usually grown. Ecology of the plant Vernonia grows in all types of soils. It is Read more…
Cotton is the most important of the plant fibres and its production is greater than that of all other fibres out together. Cotton alone supplies about 78% of plant fibres. There are two main species in cultivation, namely, Gossypium hirsutum Read more…
The term cocoyams are used to refer collectively to members of the genus Colocasia and the genus Xanthosoma which are grown for food in many parts of Africa, especially the wetter parts. They are grown in small plots, often intercropped Read more…
Potato is a temperature crop which is being increasingly cultivated in the tropics in areas with high elevations and cool temperatures. It is referred to as Irish potato to differentiate it from the sweet potato though it did not originate Read more…
Yams are grown throughout the wetter parts of the tropics. They are climbing monocotyledonous plants with opposite or alternate leaves and they produce large storage tubers. Yams are obtained from several species of the genus Dioscorea, a very large genus Read more…
Cassava is the major source of dietary energy for low-income consumers in many parts of tropical Africa. It has become the most important food crop of tropical Africa and had been aptly described as the ‘staff of life’. It is Read more…
