introduction
Agriculturing started in the 1900s with gathering and hunting in the local way. Agriculture has types like farming, rearing of animals, hunting etc.
The local way of farming in agriculture is exhausting and tiring with everything being done manually which is the reason why most young ones if not all has decided to seek for white collar job that is no where to be found in my country, Nigeria.
In this 21st century farming has moved from manual to mechanical in some areas, in yet undeveloped or developing places manual aspect of farming is still in existence which is why farming done is not enough for exchange but for the family's consumption as it has to do with few plots of land, say like 5 to 6 plots.
Traditionally, we local farmers use different methods to protect our crops from pest and disease, most times we handpick insects off plant, mix crop, crop rotate and do mix farming. Another alternative of controlling pest and insect are Mix croping and farming which are common in my area in other to control pests and insects. Farming cassava and corn in the same plot of land vegetable and corn, pepper and tumeric.
In a farm land where tumeric and pepper are planted this year, come next year it will be planted corn and cassava. Rotating this crops gives enough room for protection against insects and pest.
As the fertilizer hardly felt to the farmers and costly to afford by local farmers we mix farm as to get the manure for crops to grow and produce well.
*African walnut: planted this but a year ago and now it's producing. It's health benefits are much to mention, good for the heart, immune booster, manages sleep disorder, reduces risk of diabetes type 2 to mention but a few.
*Soursop :This contains high vitamin and vitamins are essential to the body
*Fresh pepper :Add flavor to a meals.
*Palm fruit: Everything about fruit is useful and essential, starting from the palm that is use for broom production, the fruit for oil used in cooking, the kannel produces oil that serves as medicine.
*Corn: Corn is an annual crop that severs as food and the corn silk as medicine especially for high BP patients.
- Paw paw: That goes with the botanical name carica papaya is reach in vitamins.
Having a little garden or farm helps save some cost, some are consumed while you can exchange produce. Our palmfruit goes for exchange.
All pictures are mine.