Agricultural Story #8

Farmers in Nigeria make use of available land to plant different crops so that they can increase food production in the country. The government also does its best by distributing free fertilizer and insecticide to the farmers to apply on the farm in order to grow. Today, I would like to participate in the above topic.

_{Fruits stand at nearby junction}

I took the above picture when I was heading home from my place of work. This stand belongs to an Aboki who sells different kinds of fruits to the customers. We can see bananas, watermelon, and pineapples. All these are essential to our body system because our body needs them to enhance our well-being. Bananas are a type of fruit that are sweet and soft, which contain high nutrients to boost our immune system. Southeast Asia is the first place where bananas grow. This particular fruit has a high amount of potassium that is very useful for our hearts. It also helps our bones to become stronger as we continue to age, as well as to promote our muscles to look healthy.

Watermelon is a succulent fruit that contains 90% of natural water, which has a lot of benefits to improve our health. The flesh of the fruit is usually red, and it has black seeds, which also have medicinal benefit. Watermelon is very common worldwide, and people love to eat it because it contains no cholesterol; its nutritional value should not be underrated.

It also helps prevent diabetes and chronic ailments that hinder humans from performing certain activities. Antioxidants in watermelon fully support our eyes from developing cataracts and other eye problems that can cause blindness in old age.

I love to eat pineapple because it is an edible sweet fruit that can be found worldwide. In the olden days, only wealthy people could afford to buy them, but today everyone has access to it because it usually grows in tropical areas like India, China, the Philippines, and so on. Farmers also plant this fruit in Africa and distribute it to different markets for people who love to buy it. It contains vitamins and minerals which help fight against bacterial infections. Men who like to eat it will find it wonderful because it improves the quality of sperm.

Some herb sellers in my community will slice 2 or 5 pieces of pineapple and add them to the other herb ingredients to fight against the malaria parasite. All the fruits mentioned in this article help prevent or boost our immune system, rather than swallowing drugs that may have various side effects and could damage some vital organs in our body.

I would like to invite @goodybest, @chilaw and @okere-blessing to come and participate in this contest.

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