ABUJA, March 23 -- With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and even the pH of the soil.

Backed by artificial intelligence, it's all designed to make growing his peppers easier - and perhaps usher in a sort of agriculture 2.0 in Nigeria, where millions work in the sector, from subsistence farmers to, increasingly, young tech workers.

With probes in the soil collecting data, processed by local agri-tech local company Green Eden and sent to his phone, "my production has increased (by) about 400 kilograms," or 20 per cent, 34-year-old Nangor, who is also an IT analyst, told AFP during a visit to his greenhouse in Jos.

Farms around the Plateau state capital, si...