Nursery Management Services

Afarinick provides comprehensive Nursery Management services to ensure healthy and robust plant growth for various agricultural and environmental projects.

Nursery Management Services

Expert Nursery Management for Sustainable Plant Growth

Plantain is an integral part of the smallholder farming system; and is among the first intercrop to be introduced by farmers. It does not only serve as shade for any new plant but also as water pump, as it is over 80 per cent water to provide the young roots of the crops with water until they are ready to stand on their own. Plantain also serves as the first food security crop supporting farmers in their cocoa farming system. Their fruits are sold to support farm maintenance.

Provides comprehensive nursery management services to ensure health and robust plant growth for various agricultural and environment projects

Notable among the expertise include:

  • Setting up commercial nurseries
  • Building capacity of nursery managers and staff
  • Producing healthy plant seedlings
  • Provision of irrigation techniques for plant nurseries
  • Formulating substrate for nursery practices
  • Development of production guides for nurseries
  • Formulating organic pest and disease control system for nurseries
  • Giving technical backstopping to nurseries
  • Production of large quantities of healthy plantain seedlings for sale
  • Development of nursery protocols