Nigerian firm Origin Automotive Works has launched an app, ‘Tractor on the Go’ (TOG) to enable farmers to access modern agricultural facilities and equipment such as tractor, sprayer, planters, and harvesters.
The technology firm hopes this will go a long way to revolutionise the agricultural sector, most importantly, enhancing farming practice in the country.
The innovation which took five years to complete has helped in building a healthy platform, infrastructure base across the 36 states; training operators and mechanics, and most importantly, logistics of moving tractors nationwide.
The app is designed with simplicity, ease of use, and functionality in mind with a guarantee that users will enjoy the hassle-free experience while searching for reliable and efficient mechanization equipment for their farmland.
Speaking at the launch of the mobile application platform, President, Origin Group, Prince Joseph Samuel explained that the launch was aimed at eliminating impediments on the way of expanding mechanisation and delivering seamless mechanisation services to farmers in remote villages, optimise their yields and maximise farmland productivity.
He added that TOG was committed to shifting farmers’ orientation towards the opportunity to farm during wet and dry seasons via the adoption of irrigation technology provider as part of the company’s numerous services.
Prince Samuel noted that the mobile application, which is beneficial to different categories of users including agents, farmers, and operators, has been designed to assist users access tractors that would enable them to perform timely farming operations and achieve economies of scale in food production.
Speaking on the features of the application, Mr. Olusegun Emmanuel, Product Development Manager, noted that the platform remained the biggest game-changer that would take agricultural practice to new heights, noting that this will attract interest from youths who are unemployed at the moment.
