Those who came for the mega hydroponics training organised in Abuja by BIC Farms got more than they bargained for as the session afforded them a first-hand knowledge of the practicability of soil-less farming and were shown how to propagate the biggest discovery of modern agriculture. They were given male and female spurs of the Azolla plant which can make them millionaires within months.

The venue for the seminar was packed full with people from Jos, Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi, and almost all northern states, who were among other things given the freshwater fern, Azolla, with which they can produce livestock feed, food, control mosquitoes. They were also taught how to propagate the plant to rake in millions within a short time.

Speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the training session, the Chief Executive Officer of BIC Farms, Pastor Debo Onafowora explained that BIC Farms intend to even get closer to those in need of its technology by carrying out trainings the states. He however pointed out that the knowledge impacted at the session has been documented in a video for people to access.

He however called on those living in Lagos and Abuja not to allow the scarcity of land as well as its exorbitant cost deter them from big-time farming as they can take advantage of the Hydroponics technology offered by BIC Farms to grow economically-viable plants in their balcony or a small garden in their compound.  

The blogger of www.wealthyfarmers.com, who spoke on the training his company is organizing at Rams House, Okajaguon, along Dr. Peter Odili Rd. next to Marina guest house in Port Harcourt on November 19 by 10am, said; “we want to show the people of the Niger Delta that their soil might have been degraded, their water might have been polluted but farming is still a possibility and they can farm big time with soil-less farming”.

He went on to warn Nigerians to be wary of imported food particularly vegetables, stressing that cabbages are now by printed out in China, Europe using 3D printer. He added that Nigeria and Africa is the destination for these plastic vegetables as those printing them  know there is no time and space and opportunity to locally grow the produce.

Onafowora (deboonafowora@bicfarmsconcepts.com) however asserted that BIC Farms have the technology to grow these exotic vegetables which were hitherto imported into Nigeria, saying “with Hydroponics technology; soil-less farming, the exotic vegetables grow faster at a cheaper cost and are safer for consumption unlike the plastics, the rubber that they are turning to food for people to eat in the country”.

Some of the vegetables produced by the company include: celery, pumpkin (ugu), tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, strawberries, melons, aromatic, and medicinal plants, even as the CEO explained that he is setting up hydroponics systems for vegetables farmers who don't have large space of farmland and also helping those who want to do farming and does not have access to agricultural land.

Warning that most imported vegetables are not ideal for consumption, he stated that BIC Farms have already set up the technology for growing exotic vegetables for a number of people and we are still setting it up, adding that corps members can come and be taught how to do this and they don’t need large expanse of land to go about it.

His words, “A single person can manage an 8 by 24 green house. And in that green house, you can turn out over 3tons of tomatoes every 90 day; you can turn out 1000kg (1ton) of exotic vegetables in that same green house within 50 days on the maximum because from 30 days these vegetables are ready.

“So at BIC Farms, we create jobs along these lines. We have what we call smoothies; when you turn vegetables to juice. A lot of value chains are in there and these are some of the things BIC farms are doing. So you don’t need complex technologies to go about these things, we have them available. Normal seeds can be grown but we advise people to go for hybrid seeds, which are those from two good parents. Companies can start producing seeds because we have the technology to grow them.”

Onafowora, who identified his company as the pioneer of Hydroponics in Nigeria, explained that he is organising the training to get more people involved so the country can have a vibrant Hydroponics industry. Aside being involved in farming livestock, fisheries, exotic vegetables, construction of green houses technology, BIC Farms are into the processing of processing and packaging of local products like Ofada rice and Garri.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/bic-farms-unveils-azolla-hydroponics-farming/

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