I am Oluwatobiloba Adabale, a Ph.D. student studying Crop Improvement and Seed Enterprise Programme. The course is offered as a postgraduate discipline in CEADESE, throughout Nigerian Universities. CEADESE programmes collaborated industries with the University. This has exposed me to real farm experience through the Internship programme organised by the Centre. I was posted to FARMVILLE a mechanised Farm in Igbodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. The farm is into tomato and pepper production using hydroponic/aquaponic. The exposure gave me a zeal to be in the farm early to see the plants, ensure things are well operated with quick response to any defect noticed on the plants. I was able to gain practical knowledge; both in farm production activities and management on the farm.
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Routine check on the pepper plants in the Screen House
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Ripening pepper plant with Aquaponic system
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Pipelines installed for the Aquaponics system
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L-R: Front row: Marketing Director: Mr. Rotimi; the Chairman, Mr. Braithwaite; the Farm Accountant, Miss Nnena; Back row: Director of Administration: Mrs Idowu, Miss Adabale Oluwatobiloba and Miss. Bilikis Ewedairo (Co-intern) during the official briefing by the Chairman of FARMVILLE.
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Inspection of pepper on the field
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Fruiting tomato plant in the screen house of an Aquaponic system
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Healthy tomato plants in an Aquaponic system
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Checking of Tomato seedlings transplanted into the pipes (with fish water) for proper placement