Abstract:
The problem of geometrical increase in population growth compare with the production and supply of
food, poses a problem of food insecurity in the nearest future. This paper examines the applications of
physics in rescuing the situation by ensuring improvement on production and proper handling of
storage, distribution, as well as packaging and marketing of the goods. The knowledge of physics has
brought innovations to Agriculture in areas such as the application of indicated power (ip), brake
power(bp), friction power (fp), mechanical efficiency, brake mean pressure (bmep), engine power, rated
take-off power, hydraulic power, drawbar power and draft, which help to invent and increase the
efficiency of farm machinery like tractors, bulldozer, harvesters, etc. The paper, therefore, concludes
that the application of physics in Agriculture would increase the number of land hectarage that would be
put into cultivation and ensure availability of farm produce throughout the year through enhanced
preservation and storage technologies which would invariably increase food production in Nigeria.
