Authors: Samuel, S. Agbidi (PhD), David, O. Uwoghiren, Comfort, U. Uduigwome
Journal Article | Publish Date: 01/June/2024
Escalating food demands placed on farmers in recent times has brought the need for alternative sustainable means of producing food at lower cost and at the same time meeting food demands without causing harm to the environment. This alternative means requires educating the farmers. The study therefore explored Farmer education as a tool to accelerate the attainment of food security through the use of green technology to increase food production in Nigeria. The content analysis methodology was adopted to examine the narrative content of various scholars and the inductive approach was used to x-ray further the emerging challenges facing food security, innovative green technologies that are needed by farmers, the importance of Farmer education and the implication it has on sustainable food security in Nigeria. Innovative green technologies such as precision agriculture, automated irrigation systems, genetically modified crops, animal tracking collars among others are technologies that farmers need to know more about because of the benefits it can offer. The study concludes that Farmer education is critical to green technology utilization and attainment of food security. Based on this narrative, the study recommended that farmers should make use of all available platforms to gather information about green technology suitable for their farming activities; reconsider innovative eco-friendly methods in their farming activities in increasing their productive capacity among others.
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