Actually this is my first post on nairaland although have been a member for years now. Am currently in benue state Nigeria where am on the verge of doing something I love and that's farming... This thread is my personal agricultural story on farming cassava.. corrections, advices and positive inputs are all welcome..

come bk and update this post when u have started something. Do not come here without anything to show

Hello everyone, so before I give a break down of today's farming activities, I think I should drop more information about the land.. The proposed cassava capacity to be farmed locally here is called ULA anf we farming 20 ULA... An ULA is basically 400 heaps so that means the farm land will contain a total of 8,000 heaps and we plan to plant 2 cassava stem per heap... So I think that should give u guys a basic idea of land size... It's almost an hectare.......

ublight:
come bk and update this post when u have started something. Do not come here without anything to show

sorry sir I post after the days activities

Today Wednesday 10th June we bought a carton of RAKEOUT from the market it contains 12 one litre bottles.. this will be used to spray the land to kill all weeds, shrups and a few pest also..
We estimate using a bottle to spray a land size of 800heaps with a remainder of 2bottles..
Pics of the land b4 spraying, I will be posting pictures of the spraying process and after.. Note RAKEOUT takes as little as 3days to wipe of weeds..

A picture of the land b4 the chemical is applied

I wish you all the best, bro. Thanks for sharing

Elzakzaky:
I wish you all the best, bro. Thanks for sharing

Thanks sir.. farming is fun

Good day. I just stumbled on your post and immediately shared your exitement because I intend going on same route. How do I reach you?

willybaby:
Thanks sir.. farming is fun

Good evening everyone, due to the locality of the farming settlement area the mobile network is terrible so I will be posting on this thread mostly in the evening when the days job is done...
AN UPDATE TO THE THREAD..
In order to maximize profit and reduce risk of a loss, a little more money was added to the initially budgeted amount and we will be commencing work on a second farm tomorrow this will be 2000HEAPS smaller than the initial stay tuned work starts tomorrow..

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How do I contact you?

willybaby:
Good evening everyone, due to the locality of the farming settlement area the mobile network is terrible so I will be posting on this thread mostly in the evening when the days job is done...
AN UPDATE TO THE THREAD..
In order to maximize profit and reduce risk of a loss, a little more money was added to the initially budgeted amount and we will be commencing work on a second farm tomorrow this will be 2000HEAPS smaller than the initial stay tuned work starts tomorrow..

safepaulooo:
How do I contact you?

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Just got back from my the farm and would love to update you all on today's happening.

Actually today I was woken up by my farm manager as early as 4am that the labourers were on there way to the farm and I should come observe things.. I got there around 8am and guess what the heaps were already 80percent done.. attached below is pictures

Remember the total number of heaps to be formed is 6,000

Vertical shots of d farm end to end so far...
The leafs u see standing is a local form of each labourer keeping count of his work.. for easy mode of payment..
The amount paid for a cluster of 400heaps is 1,600

More pictures loading.. actually I tried not to include pictures of my labourers as a form of respect to there privacy

So far so good thats what we were able to accomplish today..
Tomorrow we have a lot planned..
1. Completion of our heaps
2. Buying of cassava stem to be planted
3. Spraying of premergence chemical before planting this will keep the new farm weed free for months.. more info tomorrow..
Stay tuned questions, advices and inputs are welcome

Well Done Op
Following.

What are the benefits of ridges over non-ridge form of planting.

TheNigerianPers:
Well Done Op
Following.

What are the benefits of ridges over non-ridge form of planting.

it's believed heaps make for a better harvest.. and with heaps it's easier to weed

willybaby:
Just got back from my 1heactre farm and would love to update you all on today's happening.

Actually today I was woken up by my farm manager as early as 4am that the labourers were on they way to the farm and I should come observe things.. I got there around 8am and guess what my heaps where already 80percent done.. attached below is pictures

Well done bro. Looking ahead, do you have a company ready to buy up your cassava tubers or you plan to process and add value

safepaulooo:


Well done bro. Looking ahead, do you have a company ready to buy up your cassava tubers or you plan to process and add value

goodmorning actually due to a tight budget I planned to sell it off when it's due but I just might process it into cassava flakes and sell for a higher profit

Good morning all, am actually typing this post live from the farm.. never knew the mobile network here was this good.. The major work that was suppose to be done today was spraying of the farm for premergence and finishing the heaps but yesterday night a very heavy rain fell and spraying has been postponed to tomorrow...

This chemical is called rootout and it prevents weeds from germinating on the new farm for as much as 4months.. this makes the newly planted cassava stem grow well

Pictures of workers completing the heaps

Rooter powder will be used with a combination of other herbicides to make it more effective

Road to the farm spoilt due to the heavy rain of last night. Attached is a picture of a locally made bridge... This river is very close by and can be used for irrigation

Ok everyone.. remember contributions, questions etc are all welcome. But for now this is me signing out, am about to go count 6000heaps to make sure what I paid for has been done

willybaby:
Rooter powder will be used with a combination of other herbicides to make it more effective

please could you enlighten us on how the combination will work and their names? and have you used it before? if yes, how was it's efficacy?

ideepaul:

please could you enlighten us on how the combination will work and their names? and have you used it before? if yes, how was it's efficacy?

rooter powder basically stops weed germinating on d soil and has an effect on d soil for as long as 3months.. they are other products such as rooter powder the general name for them is premergence powder or chemical... Now the liquid herbicides is used to kill already growing weed.. so in combining them your basically killing already growing weeds and preventing new ones to grow also... I hope you understand

willybaby:
This chemical is called rootout and it prevents weeds from germinating on the new farm for as much as 4months.. this makes the newly planted cassava stem grow well

How much is this and how many do you need for a hectare?

willybaby:
rooter powder basically stops weed germinating on d soil and has an effect on d soil for as long as 3months.. they are other products such as rooter powder the general name for them is premergence powder or chemical... Now the liquid herbicides is used to kill already growing weed.. so in combining them your basically killing already growing weeds and preventing new ones to grow also... I hope you understand

Will you repeat this every 3 months?