xsey: My Opinion; Passion drives any business especially Farm Business.
Nothing is wrong with trying, but make sure you try when you have done your proper homework.

I have always been self-employed; While in school and after school. As it is, I don't know how it feels to earn regular pay.

I have been into FarmProduce Marketing for a certain period of time. But before I commited much capital into the business, I have understudied many examples(Mentoring).

One thing is common in Farm business;
1. *Look before you leap* Take Calculated Risk
2. Develop a Good Passion.
3. Start small; (In case there is a mistake, it will be small)
4. Grow your farm Business as you gain experience.
5. Read books/ebooks on farm business.
6. Get a Mentor and be a good student.
Understudy and ask relevant questions.
You can eliminate your farm business frustrations with the help of a Mentor.

Before you resign, Get full knowledge about the business through Mentoring.

All the best!

matrixme: Please sir follow your inner voice! [/b]Just Because it didn't work for some other person doesn't mean it will not work for you. I believe with enough market survey /strategy and a decent packaging, you can sell anything to anybody in this Nigeria. If you are based around a Tertiary institution, students are always in need of vegetables. Also, don't abandon your fish farm. It could be the lifesaver if the vegetable business fails. Fishes are always in season, but try to get more knowledge on feed formulation so you don't pour all your expenditure on white man's feed. I wish you the very best on your endeavour. Every successful entrepreneur today broke out of their comfort zones. Why not join them?

Druss: IT is not a bad idea. By the time he is fully into it .. He would earn more than 50000 per month. 50000 is just less than 2000 naira per day. Are you telling me you cant make 2000 naira profit per day?

BluStreak: Vegetable farming is among the most profitable agricultural based business one can venture into. Bear in mind that maturity period for some of these vegies in less than a month unlike cassava & pineapple etc.

Vegetables like green, pumpkin leaves, ewedu, and other leafy vegetables mature in weeks. Vegie farming only requires constant irrigation, fertilizer preferably organic. And guess what? The yield is very high he might actually not need too many hecters of land. Just 2 hecters will give him all he wants.

ipoolapoju: I'll advice u get in contact with the lagbaja that contributed to this topic.Unfortunately lagbaja did not give his phone no etc.He however seems to know what he is talking about.

donofdons: [size=18pt]you must be a very big 400ل.you want to resign and farm vegetables....let me tell you something jar head.i have been farming cassava for 3 years now because i read a stupid
Motivational book called rich dad and poor dad and decided to leave my job and now i have become a poor dad. better keep your job or let me take it and maybe give you my farm[/size]

donofdons: [size=18pt]you must be a very big 400ل.you want to resign and farm vegetables....let me tell you something jar head.i have been farming cassava for 3 years now because i read a stupid
Motivational book called rich dad and poor dad and decided to leave my job and now i have become a poor dad.better keep your job or let me take it and maybe give you my farm[/size]

oniwo: My friend has HND accountancy and during his youth service he gained employed with a company that pays him less than #50000 a month. After working with the company for 5 years he now want to resign and ventures into vegetable farming. Though he had a fish pond where he lives & 1998 Toyota Hilux. He is planning to lease about 4 hectares of land in a village in Delta state.
Please members in the house advise him.

Donald Yusuf:

No doubt, creating your own job is one of the best things any guy can do for himself,hence your friend's decision to venture into Vegetable farming is good. But one piece of advice; since your friend is already into Fish Farming, i will advice he concentrates on growing the fish farming business first before venturing into another.

REASONS:
1. Fish farming is [b]far more profitable than Vegetable farming[/b]
2. Your friend already has knowledge of and experience in fish farming, since he operates a fish pond.
3. Focusing on one project per time is very important in building a business.

And i will advice your friend Not to resign his current job yet. Entrepreneurship is not child's play. His salary could serve as a good source of funding for his business, especially as operations capital.
Good luck to your friend!

Lagbaja:
Great decision. 4 things you must do to be successful as a vegetable farmer
1. make sure you have access to adequate water (you need at least 10,000 litres of water per day to irrigate 1 hectare)
2. Use a drip Irrigation system (buy emitter or drip tapes, that is what you will use to water the plants everyday and to also apply fertilizer straight to the roots. read about it)and a green house if you can afford one , it costs much but you wont regret the decision.
3. Get hybrid seeds. Tomatoes is the most lucrative. You can make over 50m on one hectare of land per annum if you do green house farming.
4. Use fertilizers, either organic or inorganic.

Best of luck

soladel: All said are good, i am a technology transfer consultant with IITA ibadan, i have every information you need concerning investing in Agriculture, i will not take anything from you, just get in touch with me on adelekesola@gmail.com.