THE Chief Executive Officer, Dizengoff Nigeria, Mr Antti Ritvonen has assured that the introduction of Greenhouse technology will assist in expanding the country’s agricultural production.

Ritvonen, who said this during a media parley on agricultural investment in the country, said the technology would deliver a technique for achieving high quality increased agricultural produce, thereby helping to expand production.

He said: “Greenhouse technology is a huge breakthrough agricultural production, either way you look at it. And I believe its adoption holds the future for the country’s agriculture both in terms of production as well as investment.

“It is a technology that delivers a unique farming technique that enables increased high quality production all year round. For the investor, what I see is that with proper management what you have within a short time is very attractive returns on investment that is perhaps difficult to get elsewhere.”

Giving details, about the innovative greenhouse technology developed by the company known as “Dizengoff Farmer’s Kit (DFK), Antti said: “it is a managed all year round farming technique that is very suitable for investors and professionals who are not necessarily farmers.

He disclosed that the technology “breaks away from the traditional open farming technique”. It adopts greenhouse technology “developed with the aim of helping farmers with an all year round technique to produce increased yields of greenhouse crops.”

“Dizengoff  Farmer’s Kit is essentially an innovative technology a greenhouse production package consisting of a greenhouse, drip irrigation system and high yielding highbred seeds. The package also includes assorted fertilizers, agrochemicals, nursery sets, farmer’s sprayers, and personal protective clothing. It also include planting bags and sheets, all complimented with farmer’s training and agro support services.”

According to him,  Dizengoff  is pioneering the technology in Nigeria because of its firm belief that it has the capacity to rapidly expand the country’s agricultural production within a short time. All that is needed is interest and involvement in adopting the technique.

“With increased interest in agriculture across all strata of the economy and the adoption of this technology, we will be able to get more people involved to rapidly expand production w