DKJaleel:
Banana is for the boys, Plantain for the men.

Plantain is bigger and better and it fills more.

Banana will give you jedi jedi but Plantain will give you orgasm

Davido is banana, just 2 baby mama. 2baba is Plantain with plenty baby mama

Banana cannot make dodo, Plantain can make dodo

Plantain will make for us our trademark Amala and the leaves will shield our beloved ewedu to keep it fresh

Goats fancy Plantain more and we have more GOATS than monkeys in Nigeria

Plantain is more effective in making jazz than banana..

stolenstone:
A Plantain Planter Planted Plantain in the Plantain Plantation

okewumi:
Op, pls just plan very well. Internet will tell you that it is profitable but nobody will tell you where to sell. Nobody has ever talk about middle men or interface that can buy and sell to industries.

Or you target are market women that will buy 10 today and 5 next month. Do your work permit you to be sourcing for the market women to buy and you want to ho into it as full time job?
I have plantain farm as well outside my state of work and l am yet to harvest. I have spent a lot of my savings on it . When l asked the guy that introduced me to the business where to sell, he started saying 'iya Ganiya and Baba Sukura will buy on market day we are just watching ourself in 3D at the moment.

giles14:
you can go for but

emmanuelpopson:


the soil isnt moist enough to give plantain its needed water and nutrients.. mind you.. the plantain tree is 90% water and so couldn't grow well in an arid region as the northern part of the country... down South, we have a rain Forest vegetation and wet loamy soil...thanks for the question..

Smartademu:
Can I grow plantain in Nassarwa state using borehole for drip irrigation?

emmanuelpopson:


why not.. the borehole will serve you the water and you need a sprinkler( that will automatically sprinkle the water ) to do the job for you..the soil must be moist with this method...

Ugoeze2016:
I am not into farming but I should think that plantain plantation would be more profitable. Good luck

joinnow:

Correct. When I was in Ibadan. I visited iita.
Meet mr.?? In charge of platain & banana.
The guy open my eye for the biz.
You basically start with 1000 suckers so you can call it a full time job.

As a strategy, he identifies breeds that are more productive – high-yielding and pest-resistant varieties.

At the beginning of the planting season, you buy 1,000 suckers at N120 each, which adds up to N120,000. When you harvest you will get 1,000 bunches of plantain which you will sell for at least N1400 each. So, you will make about N1.4 million.

okewumi:
Op, pls just plan very well. Internet will tell you that it is profitable but nobody will tell you where to sell. Nobody has ever talk about middle men or interface that can buy and sell to industries.

Or you target are market women that will buy 10 today and 5 next month. Do your work permit you to be sourcing for the market women to buy and you want to ho into it as full time job?
I have plantain farm as well outside my state of work and l am yet to harvest. I have spent a lot of my savings on it . When l asked the guy that introduced me to the business where to sell, he started saying 'iya Ganiya and Baba Sukura will buy on market day we are just watching ourself in 3D at the moment.

Bestchisom:


this is cool....would you mind sharing the knowledge about the high yielding and pest resistant varieties

Bestchisom:

nice point....i was also thinking of how to do the sales....

olly6559:
Clapping for some Nairaland internet farmers response!! A bunch of bananas cost about N300 naira here in a mrk at Erunmu, Ibadan while a bunch of plantain goes btw N700 - 1500 depending on its finger sizes. Even a bunch purchased in d mnth of Sep along Gbongan-Osogbo express rd was N1000 despite the truth that they produce fruts in excess around that area. It depends, they eat lots of bananas in the east unlike in Southwest, do your home work thoroughly before u commence planting and remember to intercrop with maize/melon/soya beans/potatoes inorder to save cost on monthly weeding. Plantain/banana plantation isn't a cheap and quick buz.

godsamist:
Remember bros this is annual crops,both of this plants are profitable, but banana Butch cost more than plantain .
Here in the east one head of plantain good looking cost #1800,while a very good looking banana cost been #2000 to 2,#2500. And remember your site matters a lot,How safe is your site?
Currently I am enjoying this biz,looking foreword of expanding this biz...at least having up to hundred stand is a lot of money with less effort, Bros jump on board and thank me later!

joinnow:

Correct. When I was in Ibadan. I visited iita.
Meet mr.?? In charge of platain & banana.
The guy open my eye for the biz.
You basically start with 1000 suckers so you can call it a full time job.

As a strategy, he identifies breeds that are more productive – high-yielding and pest-resistant varieties.

At the beginning of the planting season, you buy 1,000 suckers at N120 each, which adds up to N120,000. When you harvest you will get 1,000 bunches of plantain which you will sell for at least N1400 each. So, you will make about N1.4 million.

happybrother:

Add labour cost,carriage,weeding,fertilizer ,replacements and pruning the you can see clearer. What baffles me is that some folks do the maths in addition and multiplication only they leave subtraction off the game.

happybrother:

Add labour cost,carriage,weeding,fertilizer ,replacements and pruning the you can see clearer. What baffles me is that some folks do the maths in addition and multiplication only they leave subtraction off the game.

Lesgupnigeria:
Plantain is more profitable than banana.

Plantain has more market value than banana.

Go for plantain and thank me later

brownsugar23:
Presently am into plantain started the process since may having 12 plot of land and am still yet to finish. Planting about 750 sucker. That business is capital based all my salary goes to that business you pay worker and so na. I pray � God see me through in the time of harvest

louken:

Boss how did it go? I hope you had a good yield. What advice will you give to someone planning to go into the business?

joinnow:

Correct. When I was in Ibadan. I visited iita.
Meet mr.?? In charge of platain & banana.
The guy open my eye for the biz.
You basically start with 1000 suckers so you can call it a full time job.

As a strategy, he identifies breeds that are more productive – high-yielding and pest-resistant varieties.

At the beginning of the planting season, you buy 1,000 suckers at N120 each, which adds up to N120,000. When you harvest you will get 1,000 bunches of plantain which you will sell for at least N1400 each. So, you will make about N1.4 million.

BoluwGoldenFarm:
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ekstopher:
https://www.nairaland.com/5832460/3-tips-manage-risks-plantain

I think you guys should also read this on managing risks in plantain farming

joinnow:

One aspect of farm biz farmers neglect.

I also observe that you don't have business plan. If you do you should have know your target market and your Marketing strategies.

1. If you are in interior local government then join Afan they will connect you to buyer.
2.Have a saleoutlet
3.Meet 5 companies that are producing plantain flour be their supplier of plantain.
4.Meet 5 companies or individual producing platain chip be their supplier
5. Sell at public/ open/fruit market
6.if all fail charter a truck bring them to big market eg in Lagos (Mushin)
7.you can sell online thru social media, your website or others website, forum etc
Wish you success

Alexanity:
My mum does both plantain and Banana plantation and I tell you Banana is more profitable, reason is becuase banana bunch is usually far bigger than plantains bunch and banana has the capacity to multiply faster than plantain in the couse of time, again banana has better root so during dry season their survival rate is better than plaintain with shallow root, I know based on which has better usage, yes plantains may be more nutritional and all of that but plantain is more like a food while banana is more like a fruits and for the record fruits had been more costly than most other food