Honda Manufacturing Nigeria Limited has launched mechanised agricultural equipment to boost agricultural sector and ensure sustainability.
It said in a statement that this include hand held shaft for cultivating agricultural lands, motorised back pack for spraying chemicals and pest infection on farms among others.
Speaking at the launching of the equipments, the Managing Director, HMNL, Hiroshima Ichikawa, said the launch was to increase agriculture production yield in the country.
He added that the equipments would make large scale farming efficient, adding that the equipments were more than three times efficient than manual operation.
Ichikawa, also said that farmers would get more yield, profits than manual operation and contribute to the development of the agricultural sector.
He said, “We are launching back sprayer and grass cutter and also we are introducing so many attachments to make farming more convenient and profitable. They can change the attachments frequently so that they can do various operations in the farm. Nigerians involved in agriculture are much but productivity is low, after the introduction of these machines, it will more than double their yield and based on our internal test it is about three times more efficient than manual operation.”
According to him, many machines in the market today were for personal farmers.
He said, “In the market, there are so many machines but for personal farmers, this is visible and viable. Farmers will get more profits than manual operation, they have to pay and it will lead to getting more yields more profit and as such contribute to the development of the agricultural sector.
Also speaking, the Honda Power Products Sales Manager, Abayomi Anuoluwapo, said the equipments were produced by the company to key into the agricultural policies of the federal government.
He said the equipment would lead to improved productivity to local farmers.
Anuoluwapo, said the equipments were for small scale farmers who formed larger percentage and contribute more to food production in the country.
