Dr Seyi Fadugba, an Agricultural Scientist, on Tuesday, noted that manure from animals dung process remained the most important properties for soil fertility.
Fadubga, the Chief Executive Officer of Fadugba-Agro Laboratory Nigeria Limited, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
He noted that the strict devotion to the simple shifting cultivation could help to maintain soil fertility without having poisonous properties in it.
He also said there was need to promote the application of natural properties in soil rather than depending on `quick fix’ methods.
It could be wrong to directly kick against the use of fertilizers on the soil. Farmers must begin to go back to the traditional approaches, he added.
He also noted that fertilizers are just short-term measures being misapplied to hurt soil organisms, which naturally, were meant to support plants growth.
“The agro-allied business enterprise may mull over investing in building natural manure farms for sale of the products,’’ because the natural manure could compel some soil properties to produce humus soil, he said.
The Agricultural Scientist, Dr Seyi Fadugba said the misapplication of the non-natural elements from fertilizers has long term effects on soil, plants and human.
On the export restriction placed on some of the produce by European Union, Fadugaba noted that the Federal Government must spring to action to undo the trend.
According to him, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has the mandate to compel farmers and exporters to adhere to agriculture value-chain.
NAN reports that the EU restriction hinges on inadequate compliance to international standard by farmers and exporters of the produce.
He said, they accused us of unrestrained application of pesticides to those crops in farms and at the point of exporting them.
“There are normal ways to safeguard crops and the best way would be to promote natural processes. If the fertility of the soil is boosted well enough, the application of fertilizers and pesticides would be minimal,’’ Fadugba added.
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