 All right, so it's time for a second hot topic and today being technophile Tuesday We're taking a look at the impact of technology in agriculture. I have my guest or lack of humor Who is the founder of my food angels? You're welcome to the breakfast. Thank you, Marine First of all, tell me how is it possible for a farmer to look so glamorous so cute Thank you Compliment I am in the food sector I am a Mental backward integration What we do is we ensure that homemakers Be as a professional is half food not only half wood But know what to do with the food that they have so that's what my food angels is all about All right, I'm going to discuss that with you in detail at another forum not on this this Tuesday Let's talk about technology in agriculture. How much of technology do we have involved in agriculture in Nigeria today? So I'd say the the adaptation of technology in agricultural sector in Nigeria today We're seeing gradual stakeholders Performance in that sector, but the truth of the matter is we could have more we have we have ever about 80% family still doing in the In the in the normal I think how we grew up who I'm caught last way we could adopt more when it comes to our Greek We have a good sector of people who are It's getting momentum. Technology is getting momentum in that sector That is the young people are beginning to embrace more eating more healthy and also ensuring that they are They want to know where the food is coming from and how the technology that is used But the large-scale farming which is what controls majority of what we eat is still being controlled by the normal traditional way of farming Like you said To educate the farmers, but the truth of the matter is as much as education is important also funding is important So we have a lot of farmers in the space They probably have the technique in the knowledge of the technology but was the access to the funding and that's where the and that's where we need more more Private sector and even our government's like they're Coming to play in that in that space. Currently we were we're facing tomato Ebola I'm not sure if that's a widespread news right now, but tomato Ebola is one that could have been curtailed with the right information and So it's from a Parasite called to ta to ta absoluta Hmm and what it does is that it attacks your tomatoes if you check the price of tomatoes right now in in the farm It has kind of Exactly we we got a basket of tomatoes in mouth for 60,000 on on Saturday. It's on head of now If you go into research in what how we could even curb that it comes from even seed rotation It comes from from from knowing what to how to introduce some certain parasites that can attack that Qta absoluta, you know, how do we harvest Nigeria? We harvest we have us when it is ripe But in in modernized economies, they don't have us when it is ripe They have us when the when the plant itself has reached a certain maturity physiological maturity and then they have the harvest and they put in cold rooms We don't have that cold storage facility. We have it, but not in in excess Not not definitely not enough not enough that can control what the population eats So and then that's which which we have already makes the prices skyrocket You know, so we there's a death of technology. There's a gap. There's a wide gap that needs to be breached Okay, well if you just joined us You just finding out the reason for the high cost in tomato today While you're buying a bucket of that small bucket at 7,006 5 and the basket at 60,000 is because of what she's described as tomato Ebola now This lack of storage facility, which is part of isn't part of the technology. Yes, definitely It's part of it. We still suffer from it for from that. I mean growing up. We do know I do remember that one of the reasons why we can only eat mangoes for instance when mangoes in season and not eat It when it's out of seasons because we like the storage facilities and that has affected every other crop and even our yam and all of that How are we going to get out of this? Literally, it goes down to more people picking interest in this sector where we are More people the government themselves also picking more interest. We don't we appreciate what the government has done so far and we need Even more research being done For instance, like you said, you know, we other countries actually have planting all year round We don't wait for season. You don't hear tomato season or or mango season in other countries It's all it's produced all year round. How well how are we not able to do that here in Nigeria? It's because there is a gap and that gap can only be filled by those who are Currently playing in the space spreading the word and then those who are not in the space right now But have the funding to come in now a lot of people want to spend money around when it comes to a Greek a Greek sector is very Lucrative it is very profitable, but guess what? It is not the quick fix It's a long-term investment And so we need the big money money people to come in and who understand futuristic planning to say we want to do This and do this work on Nigeria the value chain in agriculture How popular is is that to people how maybe I should put it this way Do many people know about the value chains in agriculture and how they can read from them? So yes, there's education that is to be done also that space we have people who probably just want to play in the space of Planting for instance meanwhile in from that planting you're generating Waste that's another part of the of the value chain in that Greek You know you generate we start waste can be turned into money can be turned into into fools and all of that We have that space we are currently I'm playing in the space of of you know aggregation and Distribution, you know, that's another space. You have another space where they're talking the technology You know, so not everybody is keen into we see more people these days when they say they want to invest in a Greek They probably want to invest in them a Get which quick scheme which a lot of people are falling scam victims for Yeah, but we need to for anyone who wants to come into that week space. They need to literally be educated on where to start Where a Greek starts really even from the seed formation, you know So what do you want to play because there's so many there's so many It's not that you've alluded to this Scamming that's going on Tons of some radio stations you hear some people promoting whatever whatever and I imagine that's part of where this coming is coming from It's any kind of regulation and to because time is no longer on our side I haven't really talked about Government involvement because I do know that government cannot solve all of our problems Food security is a major should be a major priority of any responsible government so the two things Regulation to set people from all these kind of scammers and to the level of government involvement in bridging some of these gaps that you've revealed So yes, there is some from a regulation, but we could have better. We could have we could have more education even in this that space, too Then when it comes to government participation, yes, like you rightly said government cannot do everything The government is definitely they have their work cut out for them in this space I would I would I would advocate more of even Public sector the private sector sorry coming into the space and helping us Make sense of this our agri space All right, so would you say that technology is a future of agriculture farming in Niger Technologies the future of everything is it safe It's not complete so controlled technology because you could actually have technology that has now evolved into getting you know Human beings exposed to cancerous Casino genic as the genetic Properties, but yes controlled technology. How are we importing the technology that and to fit into our own climate? Yeah, you know, we can't we can't import technology that was made for for instance the cold temperature Regions, so this our own space. We need to come up. That's why I said research needs to be done in this our own space to know What the technologies are? Efficient for our own space also to avoid harm to people exactly Environment. Yes. Thank you so much. Oh, that would you know for your time? I wish you had more time, but I'm sure we'll have to do this again It's been my pleasure all right some other time. Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you Oh, my father my food angels has joined me to take a look at the impact of technology in agriculture Well, I'll come back. It's the homestretch couldn't give you sports this morning But um, we do have the quote of the day just you have the quote of the day Yes, I do and it is by Daniel Bell and it is on technology Technology like art is a story and exercise of the human imagination. That is really wonderful Sorry in March exercise For today, but if it is for being a part of it, my name is Justin And I am Maureen do have a splendid day. I remember to join us tomorrow morning for the breakfast