NAAD GREENHOUSE
In our effort to mitigate the knowledge-skill gap among youths and women in greenhouse farming technology, NAAD-Yes- to- Greenhouse-Training was launched in March, 1st 2021. Ever since then, we have been training youths and women (comprising Undergraduate and Graduate Interns) Farm managers, Founders, Startups, Agric. Supervisors, CEOs, Extension officers, Corp -members, in-class and on-field on greenhouse farming technology.
To that effect, NYGT presents another full package training tagged;
Greenhouse Farming: Practices for Proper Yield.
Courses:
- Seedling Management
- land preparation
- Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (IPNM)
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Support System Management
- Harvest and Post Harvest Management
- Fresh Produce Marketing
- Transplanting
- Irrigation
- Fertilization
Training Duration
– Three (3) Week in-class training with practical demonstration
– Three (3) Weeks practical training on field
Graduation Students
Benefits
All trainee would be issued a Certificate of Participation.
All trainee would be qualified for a financial grant from the National Agency for Agricultural Empowerment.
Internship opportunity with our farm and other farms
Increase use of agro-technology
Improve agronomic know-how
Expand Nigeria’s crop range
Reduce dependence on food imports
Strengthen the rural sector
Reduce farm-to-town migration
Increase national agricultural production.
Fee: N/A
Practical Agricultural Course:
The total growing area at NAAD-Yes- to- Greenhouse-Training (NYGT) is 10Ha. Practical training in agricultural technology and innovation takes place in six 420 metre-square tunnels.
Special emphasis is placed on the production of high-value vegetables like tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper.
The NAAD farm, from which the training center is financed, consists of a 25,000m2 greenhouse and open fields. Produce is grown in the main production area, along with a hydroponic greenhouse and a nursery structure. The farm also includes a fertigation control center, a maintenance structure, a pack house and a postharvest center.
The fundamental reason for this initiative is to empower young farmers who would produce a constant supply of healthy vegetables that are fit for consumption all year long, thereby reducing the reliance on vegetable imports from abroad.
