Institute Develops App For Farmers to Manage Nigerian Soil

To boost food production, the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has unveiled a mobile app, NISS Agro App, for farmers and extension agents to promote their activities and access to the market.

NISS disclosed this at a training on the app for stakeholders drawn from North-Western states which held in Kano. Speaking, the Institute’s Northwest Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Sama’ila S.

Noma noted that the ICT agriculture tool was developed by NISS to ensure best and standard practices in farming.

Represented by a Professor of Soil Science, Prof. Nafiu Abdu, Noma described the app as user friendly, adding that it was developed to help farmers to properly manage the use of soil and to boost agricultural production.

His words, “NISS is an organization entrusted with the mandate of ensuring the quality of soil in Nigeria, that is, how the fertility of the soil is maintained for efficient and sustainable crop production. NISS in its bid to make food available to the teeming population of Nigeria is always organizing training for the farmers and extension agents on how they can properly manage Nigerian soils and also boost agricultural production. So, this training is for farmers and extension agents to be trained on the use of the NISSAGRO app. This app is for data collection on soil related issues. We collect a lot of data on soil fertility, soil conservation and also the farm produce as well as how they market it.”

Noma urged the trainees to utilize skills acquired for personal development and also to train other farmers.

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