Agro firm to partner with University on guava plantation

Date: 2018-02-06

Lifecom Global Services, an agricultural and business consulting firm, has indicated its readiness to partner with the University of Ilorin on the establishment of a guava plantation on the campus.

A team from the firm, led by Prof. Saka Ibiyemi of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, expressed the intention in Ilorin on Monday during a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem.

The Managing Director of the company, Mr Biodun Eniola, said that the guava plantation would involve the cultivation of a special variety of guava called Jumbo Juicy Guava (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA).

"There seems to be no plantation of the guava variety yet in Nigeria," he said.

Eniola said that each fruit of the guava variety could weigh between 200 and 600 grammes, adding that at maturity, a single tree of the guava variety could produce between 24 and 60 kilogrammes of fruits.

He said that apart from the financial benefits, the guava plantation would be beneficial to students the Faculty of Agriculture, particularly those undergoing farm practical training.

He said that the collaboration would entail large-scale cultivation of the guava variety, which could involve an arrangement for outright sales of the fruits to the university.

Eniola described guava as the best source of Vitamin C, saying that the fruit contained 228mg of Vitamin C, which was equal to 338 per cent of the daily Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adults.

Responding, Abdulkareem welcomed the proposed initiative, saying that the university authorities had been looking into how to make judicious use of the vast land of the institution.

He said that if the project only required the allocation of a portion of the land, he would have approved the proposal even before the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) document was ready.

He said that his administration would support the project because of its potential benefits to the students and the institution as a whole.

Earlier, the company's adviser, Prof. Ibiyemi, said that the project would enable the university authorities to encourage the students to go into commercial agriculture.

He said that when the students were able to perceive the qualities of the guava plantation, they would be stimulated to engage in commercial agriculture.

Ibiyemi, who described the guava variety as a product of research, said that the university would also want to carry out research on how to improve the nutritional value of the crop.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KW-GIS     Mutawali     Muhammed Abdullahi     Ndama Al-hassan     Nagode     Tunji Folami     Tanke Road     Lawan     Oke-Ode     Adamu Atta     CUTI     Siraj Oyewale     AbdulGafar Tosho     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     National Information Technology Development Agency     Kabir Shagaya     Ilorin South     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Ramadan     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Jamiu Oyawoye     Ibrahim Akaje     Shuaib Olarongbe     Yashikira     Summit University     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Orire     Shonga     Transition Implementation Committee     Raheem Adaramaja     CLAY POT     Nigerian Army     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Raji AbdulRasaq     Iliasu     SWAN     Ayegbeni     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Aremu Bose Deborah     Sadiq Buhari     Cornelius Adebayo     JUSUN     CT Ayeni     Micheal Imoudu     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Olaitan Adefila     Bursary     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Moremi High School     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ola Falade     Amule Elementary School     Usman Yunusa     Kwara TV     Harafat E. Mukadam     Emir Of Yashikira     General Hospital, Offa     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Yusuf Lawal     Olusegun Adeniyi     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Yakubu Gobir     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Binta Abubakar Mora     Raimi Iyanda     New Model Police Station     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Ayo Adeyemi     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ahman Pategi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Air Peace     SAPZ Project     Saheed Akinwumi     Obuh     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Musibau Akanji     Idowu Laro     Kulende-UITH     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Pilgrims Board     Oloye     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Danhawa     Iponrin     Kwara Politics     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kola Shittu     Shero     Modupe Oluwole     Abdulrahman Iliasu     United Nigeria Airline     Arinola Lawal     Abioye Bello     Tosin Saraki     Ilesha-Baruba     Jide Oyinloye     Bolakale Ayo     ARMTI     Ethical College     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ilorin South     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Iyaloja-General     KWAFFA     Daud Adeshola     MMWG     Onilu     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Kulende     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Lai Gobir     Edret Sabi Abel     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Ahmed Bayero     Wahab Agbaje     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     KWASSIP     Www.Kwarareports.com     SWAN     Imam Gambari     Elelu     Garba Ado Sanni     Abdulraheem Olesin     Yusuf Mubarak     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Ojo Fadumila     Offa Metropolitan Club     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Sheikh Alimi     Minimum Wage     Surajudeen Akanbi     Memunat Monsuma     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     KWACOBPA     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ojuekun     Abdullahi Biffo     Clara Nwachukwu     Raimi Iyanda     Adeniyi Ojo     Abraham Ojo     Maryam A. Garuba     Shade Omoniyi