In the past decade, Some wealthy farmers have started building vertical farms and growing fruits and vegetables with artificial lighting. These led strip lights help in providing energy, among others. Ever since vertical farming has been introduced for growing both fruits and vegetables, along with the popularity, the advantages of LED lights have started to … Read more Impacts of Led Lights in Vertical Farming of Crops & Yields
The existence of horses and its usefulness have been documented for a long time. It’s a large single-toe animal that was highly used in the past for war and games. Scientists classified this animal into family: Perissodactyla and it’s one of the most popular mammals in this category. Horses are well known for speed, highly … Read more Pet Horse Name Generator for Male, Female Yearling & Foal
In this present time, farming involves the usage of a lot of chemicals. This starts from the usage of fertilizers for crop cultivation to the pesticides in the food products which are used to increase the shelf life. Nanotechnology in Pollution Control With the application of nanotechnology in agriculture, it will help in developing … Read more Application of Nanotechnology in Crop Production & its Advantages
Devil’s claw is a medicinal plant with antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects for both man and other animals. The other time, we talked about the health benefits of devil’s claw on dogs, it’s important to know that it also has positive effects on horses. Devil’s claw can be used in treating osteoarthritis, arthritis and pains, especially … Read more Devil’s Claw Root Benefits for Horses : Reducing Inflammation, Pain & Improving Digestion and Appetite
With the increasing improvements in the field of technology, many of these technologies and techniques are being tried out and implemented in agriculture. Many types of research are going on, exploring the different possibilities of technology in agriculture. All these come under the concept of precision agriculture (PA). Precision farming is also called satellite farming … Read more Precision Agriculture – Categories, Examples & Advantages
As the human population keeps on growing, spaces for agriculture are becoming abode for human living. Therefore, the next step in agriculture is indoor farming, which gives room to the practice of vertical and hydroponic farming on a commercial scale in the urban centres. In terms of food security, indoor farming has got its green … Read more Advantages of Indoor Vertical Farming over Traditional Agriculture
Devil’s claw (Botanical name :Harpagophytum) is a plant with tuberous root system commonly found in Africa. It derived this name from the appearance of its hooked fruit and it’s also called wood spider, grapple plant but mostly referred to as devil’s claw. Devil’s Claw against Dog’s inflammation and Pain Devil’s claw has been known … Read more Benefits of Using Devil’s Claw for Dogs against Inflammation, Pain & Others
Sweet potato is one of the root crops with a relatively high nutritive value and yet only about 5% of world production comes Africa. It is mostly grown with other arable crops. Asia produces over 90% of the crop with China alone accounting for over 85% of world production. Origin It originated from central and … Read more Sweet Potato Plant
Jute is perhaps the most important of all bast fibres. The fibre is obtained from the stems of two cultivated species of Corchorus, namely, C. Capsularis L. and C. olitorius L. It is mostly produced in Asian countries especially China, India and Bangladesh. Origin The primary centre of origin of C. olitorius is Africa … Read more JUTE (Corchorus spp.) Family: Tiliaceae
Kenaf is an important bast fibre crop. It is however grown largely in small backyard gardens in most parts of Nigeria especially in the north. India is the major producer. Origin It originated from the tropical and subtropical Africa where it is commonly wild plant. It has now been taken to most tropical and subtropical … Read more KENAF (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) Family: Malvaceae