Paulordiah: I have farmland for lease and sale in mojoda epe lagos and odeda abeaokuta for plantain and other crop. We also provide management services. Olu ordiah & Co 08130378328, paulordiah@gmail.com

Mattin: @Lesgupnigeria,
I wanna go into processing of plantain into flour(locally production for now to cut cost). I will do the buying of raw plantain and, peel it, sun dry it, grind into flour etc. What I am left with is packaging, adding the right nutrients, selling and distribution. Pls guide me through...
Help a bro

just4just: I am adding u too on whstapps

ihedioramma: LETS GET THERE HOW DO I START I JUST COME.

Lesgupnigeria:

Do you have a farmland to start?
Do you have experience in plantain farming?

ihedioramma: I have farmland bout i dont have experience in plantain farming teach me.

Lesgupnigeria:

Very good that you have land.
Where is the farmland located?
The location of the farmland is also an important factor to.consider when siting such venture.
Is the location of the land motorable?

Lesgupnigeria: Plantain farming is one of the most preferred
farming in Nigeria by farmers because of its
high rate of return on investment,good cash
flow monthly and easy management of farms
when well established.
Demand for plantain flour for medicinal
purposes especially for diabetes patient
coupled with high local consumption
demand also make plantain profitable.
This is the cost of our plantain management
programme
1st Stage
Land #60,000/acre
1st plough #5,000
2nd plough #5,000
800 suckers@#50 per sucker #40,000
Planting @#15/sucker #12,000
2nd stage
1st weeding #9,000
3rd stage
2nd weeding #9,000
4th stage
3rd weeding #9000
5th stage
4th weeding #9,000
Harvesting #9,000
Total Cost =#167,000
After 10 months,Assuming 700 suckers
survive and about 500 sucker fruit at
10months after planting with 1 bunch/ plant
= 500 bunch of plantain.
#800/bunch(conservative price,its usually
#1,200 - #1,400)
Income = #800*500 = #400,000
2nd year
1500 bunches are produced (lets be
conservative with 1000 bunches.
Income for year 2 =#800*1000 = #800,000
Year 3
Income =#800*2000 = #1,600,000 and the
income keeps increasing every year.
The payment interval between each stage is
1month
To participate in the programme, send email
to yusuffgbenga@gmail.com
like our page on www.facebook.com/lesgupnigeria

ihedioramma: yes.

Lesgupnigeria:

Good.
Season of plantain cultivation is fast disapearing
What you need now is for land to be ploughed.
Then after ploughing, you buy your suckers from good places.
You can be sure of getting fast growing,disease resistant and high yielding suckers with us.
Planting is the most essential part of plantain which will detrrmine whether you are going to succeed or not

Lesgupnigeria:

Good.
Season of plantain cultivation is fast disapearing
What you need now is for land to be ploughed.
Then after ploughing, you buy your suckers from good places.
You can be sure of getting fast growing,disease resistant and high yielding suckers with us.
Planting is the most essential part of plantain which will detrrmine whether you are going to succeed or not

christian11:
Wonderful, Op wonderful. But plz and plz answer me this question, it has been the only thing hindering me from collecting loan and possibly venturing into this business. Plantain grow very tall, so what do u do to protect them against being felled by wind. Thanks, looking forward 2 or reply

ihedioramma: Am in anambra how can i get the good plantain high yieding suckers? and how many months can it take befor i can get plantain after planting the suckers?.

Lesgupnigeria:
Wind is not much a problem if you do the right planting at the right spacing.
It all boils down to good management practices.
Management is still the key to success in plantain farming business.
You need to know a lot of things on the field before planting.
Where is the direction of winds coming from,
whats is the landscape of the area,is it slopy or smooth......lots of inexhaustible questions needed to be answer which i might not be able to write until we are on the farm site where you wanted to cultivate the plantain.
When you are ready to start it up,you can.contact me.

christian11:
Okay thank you really much. I'll do that.

stint: please what is the spacing for plantain and how many can be planted per hectare. I need suckers for two hectares of land in a remote area in Osun state. can u give me the cost estimate including transportation.

EmmaAjayi: How many suckers will be enough for 5 acres?

lekibraky: @ lesgupnigeria please sir I have 2 plots of land in ikorodu can I use it for the plantain farming and how much do I need to start the business thank you as u reply

EmmaAjayi: How many suckers will be enough for 5 acres?

stint: please what is the spacing for plantain and how many can be planted per hectare. I need suckers for two hectares of land in a remote area in Osun state. can u give me the cost estimate including transportation.