pman06:

Does this means that manual farmer can make a return of say, 30tons using this varieties? Cos if you ask me, a 25ton return is quite huge and reasonable. So are you in IB now, would appreciate meeting up with you if possible.

TME 419 specie can give you 30tons /ha.

kingagropro1:

TME 419 specie can give you 30tons /ha.

Very correct. And it is also resistant to the very aggressive Ugandan variant of the cassava mosiac virus. In fact, no Nigerian cassava farmer should ignore the TME 419 variety.

I think that in order for cassava farmers to move forward with mechanization, forming cooperatives is the way forward. You can hardly receive loans or grants as an individual farmer, unless you are an OBJ or the Yar'Adua. Even Dangote is into farming. I know he has in excess of 5,000 hectares of pineapples planted that serves as feed stock for his Dansa pineapple product.

By the way, do we know that OBJ Farms is among the top 4 cassava starch producers in Nigeria?

Maybe I spoil your market. Cassava farmers beware of lofty calculations. I know a town about 25minutes drive from Abeokuta. Their main produce is cassava, and I know how the yields & prices flunctuates. I know 2 companies in Ogun state, one extracts ethanol (AGBARA-IGBESA) while the other is a vendor company (OSOSA) to Flour Mills of Nigeria. The 3rd company makes glucose but its wound-up now. If you are close to any of this locations, go for it. My advice watch out for internet based consultants with no fields,they can be misleading.

stagger:

You just landed and don't know the context in which I was talking. The person to whom it was directed did. So just waka pass.

saliubello: Maybe I spoil your market. Cassava farmers beware of lofty calculations. I know a town about 25minutes drive from Abeokuta. Their main produce is cassava, and I know how the yields & prices flunctuates. I know 2 companies in Ogun state, one extracts ethanol (AGBARA-IGBESA) while the other is a vendor company (OSOSA) to Flour Mills of Nigeria. The 3rd company makes glucose but its wound-up now. If you are close to any of this locations, go for it. My advice watch out for internet based consultants with no fields,they can be misleading.

Thanks a bunch. What is the name of the ethanol company my brother? And the glucose company, is it the one at ibafo?

saliubello: Maybe I spoil your market. Cassava farmers beware of lofty calculations. I know a town about 25minutes drive from Abeokuta. Their main produce is cassava, and I know how the yields & prices flunctuates. I know 2 companies in Ogun state, one extracts ethanol (AGBARA-IGBESA) while the other is a vendor company (OSOSA) to Flour Mills of Nigeria. The 3rd company makes glucose but its wound-up now. If you are close to any of this locations, go for it. My advice watch out for internet based consultants with no fields,they can be misleading.

No one's market is spoilt. I will give you some facts.

a) The price of gari is used as a gauge of availability and pricing of cassava. Prices of gari and cassava in Nigeria have a cyclical rhythm, being highest in the months from December to May, and prices tending to fall as from June to November. When prices are high, farmers increase production, which invariably leads to a glut in the market and a fall in prices. The easier harvesting in the rainy season when the soil is wet adds to the price drop in the rainy season. When prices fall, farmers will simply leave the tubers in the ground, and then a time comes when the demand outstrips supply, leading to higher prices.

b) 80% of cassava production in Nigeria is in the hands of subsistence farmers. This makes it very difficult for large companies to assemble enough cassava to process within the 72-hour window between harvest and decay of tubers.

c) There are several dynamics that make it impossible for those who process cassava into starch and glucose to beat countries like Thailand in the international market. The cost of production is so high that by the time products like ethanol, starch and glucose syrup leave Nigeria, the selling cost is way above the international market price.

I will end this by attaching a study on On-farm Production Costs of Ethanol done by 2 Nigerian scientists. That will help you explain why the factory you mentioned had to close its doors. No LARGE-SCALE processing plant will breakeven buying cassava from farmers (as opposed to cultivating their farms).

This is why mechanization is important. The biggest issue in the cassava market in Nigeria is having to reverse the ratio of cassava farming methods in favour of mechanized farming. It is key!

stagger:

Very correct. And it is also resistant to the very aggressive Ugandan variant of the cassava mosiac virus. In fact, no Nigerian cassava farmer should ignore the TME 419 variety.

Thank you Stagger. Well said.

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pman06:

First thing first, you need a land. Contact your state ministry of agriculture if there are farm settlements in the state where land can be lease for farming. Them have atleast 100k at hand. When you cross that stage, you can come back here, so we can rub minds together.

l have 2hectares already and some amount of money, d question is how can one know a good cassava stem to b used? Thanks

vince01: l have 2hectares already and some amount of money, d question is how can one know a good cassava stem to b used? Thanks

Contact IITA Ibadan. They will sort you out.

stagger:

Contact IITA Ibadan. They will sort you out.

Exactly. You can call them, and ask to talk to the cassava department, they will handle your complaints or requests. Just ask them about their improved variety.

kingagropro1:

Please correct me, am i assuming you want to harvest your cassava after 4 months? Oct 2013-Jan 2014 you mean?

No bro, its last year october.

Excellent. I think our friends are learning. Agribusiness without honesty and a/countability is non sense. I have seen large investments in agriculture go down the drain because of lack of proper information and accountability. So you under stand my position. I disagree with you that it is not sustainable to buy cassava from farmers and process. The problems are Sweet talking, fraud intent consultants who lead you to start but run when the loop holes are blocked. The closed down glucose firm was at Adigbe in Abeokuta. If you have large amounts of cassava, i think there is some one offering to buy in the forum. Honestly, you cant bypass the middlemen. I used to be close to some of them,thats why i know. I am a large scale farmer but farm implements are my challenges at the moment.(tractor)

stager:

No one's market is spoilt. I will give you some facts.

a) The price of gari is used as a gauge of availability and pricing of cassava. Prices of gari and cassava in Nigeria have a cyclical rhythm, being highest in the months from December to May, and prices tending to fall as from June to November. When prices are high, farmers increase production, which invariably leads to a glut in the market and a fall in prices. The easier harvesting in the rainy season when the soil is wet adds to the price drop in the rainy season. When prices fall, farmers will simply leave the tubers in the ground, and then a time comes when the demand outstrips supply, leading to higher prices.

b) 80% of cassava production in Nigeria is in the hands of subsistence farmers. This makes it very difficult for large companies to assemble enough cassava to process within the 72-hour window between harvest and decay of tubers.

c) There are several dynamics that make it impossible for those who process cassava into starch and glucose to beat countries like Thailand in the international market. The cost of production is so high that by the time products like ethanol, starch and glucose syrup leave Nigeria, the selling cost is way above the international market price.

I will end this by attaching a study on On-farm Production Costs of Ethanol done by 2 Nigerian scientists. That will help you explain why the factory you mentioned had to close its doors. No LARGE-SCALE processing plant will breakeven buying cassava from farmers (as opposed to cultivating their farms).

This is why mechanization is important. The biggest issue in the cassava market in Nigeria is having to reverse the ratio of cassava farming methods in favour of mechanized farming. It is key!

E-Jaja:
@pman06 I totally agree with you on the price drop, but as u said shopiing around for the right price is the best. I thing ur best bet would be nigeria starch mill, as the buy at farm gate and handle the transportation them self. I also heard there are two other companies in lagos that pay 25k per ton but still can't get hold of their names.
The 20k ur mentione is that including or excluding transportation cost.
As for able to make go profit in cassave farming I thinks is to Identify who ur casssava is ment for, by so doing u have a buyer even before havest and an agreed price. Secondly try as much as to ensure you follow atandard agronomic practices by so doing you should be able to attain an average of 25 ton per hectare. HaTty farmer get as much as 30 to 50 ton per hectare.so in a situation were u are able to produce more per hectare that's to ur. Own good as u tend to make.

I would like to ask how many hectares do you have abd were is ur farm located, and finally what was ur cost of growing Per hectare.!!!!
Hope to hear from u soon.

please will liketo discuss with you in person. thanks

@okonkwo samuel, meeting me on a one on one basis is no problem, drop me an email iyerifama@yahoo.com and we would take it from their

soladel: Cultivating Cassava commercially is not just what you can get information through browsing, orally or through a medium like this, you need to be close to the expert. Even if you read a manual, farming sometimes don't go the way one plans it.
Cassava is a crop is perishable and post harvest is very costly.
Now, Industries that needed it are many but few of them are ready to bear the cost of transportation and other logistics.
I am on a project In IITA Ibadan called Cassava Value chain, where we try to inform the farmer what to do and steps to take to make money from cassava cultivation.
Different things has to be considered, 1. the land, 2. the material to plant, 3. weed control, 4. time of planting, 5. Spacing of planting, 6. Marketing of the product, etc.
I can tell you guys, all things being equal, one can get up to 50-60 tons per Ha. I got that in Shonga, Kwara state with Mr. Graham Hatty, i still have my farm there, i have close to 60 Ha now, ready for harvesting by next year april.
Another thing is that, we need to change from our normal agriculture practice (manual) to fully mechanised farming from land preparation, planting, weed control, harvesting and post harvesting. In this we can make enough money in selling the product to those who need them here in nigeria not to talk of abroad. you can get me on adelekesola@gmail.com. Thanks.
I forget to mention, the specie of cassava also determine your output, I have many specie on the farm courtesy IITA, Tme 98/0581, Tme 419, Tme 289, Tme 2324 etc.

It would be nice if you can share ur findings and recomadations on here, I would also like to contact you for. Some other things. Iyerifama@yahoo.com

E-Jaja:
@okonkwo samuel, meeting me on a one on one basis is no problem, drop me an email iyerifama@yahoo.com and we would take it from their

ok no prob. my email address is sammydee_ng_2020@yahoo.com. i will definitely mail you. thanks

pman06:


Does this means that manual farmer can make a return of say, 30tons using this varieties? Cos if you ask me, a 25ton return is quite huge and reasonable. So are you in IB now, would appreciate meeting up with you if possible.

You will be welcome. call me on 08033540233.

When will cassava farmers be resuming their break on this thread.
i hope they do so soon.

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Where did cassava sellers and cassava buyers go to
come and finish what you have started on nairaland thread

The thread was affected by the Ddos attack some months back. Its gud to have you on this thread lesgupnigeria. I will post some cassava buying companies I know of in my quest of selling my cassava in due time.

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Good day everyone,
i have about 4 acres of fresh cassava to sell around ota in ogun state. if you are interested in buying, reply this message or call 08033876280.
thanks

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stagger:


Very correct. And it is also resistant to the very aggressive Ugandan variant of the cassava mosiac virus. In fact, no Nigerian cassava farmer should ignore the TME 419 variety.

Reliable sources of large quantity of Tme 419 stem cuttings in Oyo State?

I came across this old post dated Nov 2013 about cassava production and I am interested in going into cultivation . Pls share with me the current trend and how to go about this...hoping to start with 10 acres

nawebco:
Good day everyone,
i have about 4 acres of fresh cassava to sell around ota in ogun state. if you are interested in buying, reply this message or call 08033876280.
thanks

Do you still have the cassava?

Goodday, Am a new small scale farmer.
i want to know the best specie of cassava to farm for the production of fufu and garri. also i would like to know anyone willing to sell cassava stem of the specie for me (would start planting in 3 days). location of farmland is Mowe/ibafo/ ofada. quantity should be enough for one and half acres of land.

also where can i get seeds for Ewedu for plantation and other vegetable seeds.

please treat has urgent

thank you.

I would love to ask a question about ethanol, any expert here?

It is interesting coming across this wonderful thread.Kudos to the op and everyone that has contributed thus far.

A joint venture on cassava is kick starting in Ogbomosho this june. You can also be part of it.

Congratulations to all the cassava farmer and intending, I wish you this because, cassava has turn to Gold. I have received several emails, text, calls on how to go about cassava production and marketing. I will look forward to help anybody who needs it. Welcome to your year of bumper harvest. Do you know Garri is N250 per Congo, Odourless fufu is N280k per ton and Flour also has gone up. Be a cassava farmer today and no regret.