MECHANIZED AGRICULTURE AND ITS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture in itself is one activity that can never grow old with man. Personally, I enjoy a few aspects of agriculture, especially the gardening of ornamental plants. I learned a few things about gardening and farming from my Dad, who happens to be a great nature lover and agriculture enthusiast. He taught me a lot concerning gardening and I couldn't be more grateful for that. Food is the bane of our existence. Without it, a country could experience famine and die of starvation and agriculture makes it possible for us to eat every day. From livestock rearing to animal husbandry, fishery and crop planting, agriculture has in recent times now become more of a necessity than an option for the continuous supply of food all around the world.
THE CONCEPT OF MECHANIZED AGRICULTURE
Mechanized agriculture is a system of agriculture that requires the use of advanced machinery and technological tools to aid traditional farming. It involves the adoption of machines to substitute for many farm practices that are done manually. The advent of mechanised farming has improved agricultural practices over time, making it easier, faster and more productive. Machines have now replaced human and manual labour but not totally as humans are still needed to control this machinery. But I believe this is the best thing that has ever happened to the concept of agriculture. It has brought about tremendous changes, evolution and breakthroughs in farming all over the world.
THE HIGH COST TO TRANSPORTATION
In the North, where large scale farming is mostly practised, mechanised farming has indeed aided increased production and efficiency, led to higher yields, saved time and reduced manual labour. However, the major challenge we face in the agricultural sector is the high cost of marketing and transporting agricultural produce around the country. Due to an increase in the price of petrol, diesel and fuel, transporting this produce to the east, west and south has become increasingly expensive, making the cost of this agricultural produce expensive.
I believe, if we could all practice even though it's subsistence agriculture in our various homes and spaces, the cost of this agricultural produce would not be that burdensome for us. The era of leaving agriculture to only a specific group of people should be rectified. We all need to participate in agriculture in one way or the other, because the truth is agriculture has come to stay and might as well be the major thing that could save our economy.
AN APP CALLED AGRO-ORDER
Since the advent of mechanised agriculture, many technological practices have been put in place to boost production. If I were to create an app that people all over the world could use to connect to farmers, that would be evolutionary. It would change the game of marketing these products. The app would be called Agro- Order. People would be able to use the app to order whatever agricultural produce they wanted, whether it's in bulk or a small quantity, and have it delivered to them. The app would also provide an opportunity for people to talk with farmers, share their insights and what could be done better to make agriculture more easily available and accessible for all.
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