Eight Orbit Urban Farms (EOUF), a research-based farming business, has disclosed plans to build a high-tech indoor farm in Africa. Also, the firm plans to use AI to revolutionize agriculture in Nigeria and beyond, according to Christina Igono, a research scientist based in the United States and founder of EOUF.
"We are behind the western countries like the United States and the Netherlands in the use of innovative technologies like AI for sustainable and year-round crop production, supply to meet growing demands for food, local and global distribution of farm produce," Igono said.
EOUF innovative technologies will not only have year-round crop production but use 95 percent less water and resources, produce 100 percent organic and healthy crops with zero herbicide and pesticide usage, zero carbon emission, and low-cost energy sources to promote efficiency and productivity.
"Unless we solve our food insecurity crisis in Nigeria and Africa at large, we would continue to depend on low-graded and poorly cultivated imported crops, with inflated prices," added Valentine Mbamalu, the company's executive director.
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