jethro2:
Then i create a thread on nairaland.
"Sell my tomatoes in your neighbourhood and get 10% from the sales.
What to do
Find minimum of 50 tomatoes sellers in your neighourhood.
Each must be willing to pick atleast 2 basket.
Make arrangement for where to bring the produce for pick up. (I will visit to see if the road is accessible)
We bring the tomato at a better price than mile 12.(We will be saving transport fare for the women and stress)
Imagine those that moves from Okoko to Mile 12.
I posted this on several threads. I even went to job section to post. Lets create jobs
There was someone there that said "is this job?
Please go to advertisement.
I keep updating this until i have no tomatoes again.
During those period i visit some intending marketers place in Lagos.
Yes to that extent.

karlxavier:
okay@jethro, please i want to ask, for dry season farming, if you have like 1.6million naira, you are going to triple that investment. hope i got this statement right i guess.

jethro2:

Na soooo my brother. If I have N1.6m for dry season irrigation for tomatoes means i will be tripling that amount by the end of the season. So why would I go for Dizengolf green house? Preferably i will source for raw materials like bamboos to construct my own green house at an affordable expenses

jethro2:
BACK TO MY STORY
I was sort of hopeful for the second trip since
1. I have sorted the tomatoes into sizes
2. I took my time to select the good ones.
3. My basket was of the same size through
So i headed for Lagos, same woman.
Since i already envisage the price for each basket at minimum N1000 each, What i did was to handle the tomatoes over to the woman and turned back to farm.
I was still on the road when her call came in to tell me the buyers insisted N700.
I told her no. She said i should speak with the woman on the phone. I said No
I told her not to sell less than a thousand naira.
I would rather loss all the tomatoes than allow them extort me the second time.
I was that determined.
I don't expect any complained after all the stress of sorting and all
And i off the phone.
(Meanwhile before the second trip, she was constantly asking for when i will bring tomatoes again. That a lot of people are expecting)
I didn't hear from her again until evening.
The tomatoes has been sold.
Yes sold.....
No single one remaining.

jethro2:
Then i create a thread on nairaland.
"Sell my tomatoes in your neighbourhood and get 10% from the sales.
What to do
Find minimum of 50 tomatoes sellers in your neighourhood.
Each must be willing to pick atleast 2 basket.
Make arrangement for where to bring the produce for pick up. (I will visit to see if the road is accessible)
We bring the tomato at a better price than mile 12.(We will be saving transport fare for the women and stress)
Imagine those that moves from Okoko to Mile 12.
I posted this on several threads. I even went to job section to post. Lets create jobs
There was someone there that said "is this job?
Please go to advertisement.
I keep updating this until i have no tomatoes again.
During those period i visit some intending marketers place in Lagos.
Yes to that extent.

jethro2:
Then i create a thread on nairaland.
"Sell my tomatoes in your neighbourhood and get 10% from the sales.
What to do
Find minimum of 50 tomatoes sellers in your neighourhood.
Each must be willing to pick atleast 2 basket.
Make arrangement for where to bring the produce for pick up. (I will visit to see if the road is accessible)
We bring the tomato at a better price than mile 12.(We will be saving transport fare for the women and stress)
Imagine those that moves from Okoko to Mile 12.
I posted this on several threads. I even went to job section to post. Lets create jobs
There was someone there that said "is this job?
Please go to advertisement.
I keep updating this until i have no tomatoes again.
During those period i visit some intending marketers place in Lagos.
Yes to that extent.

daemperor1:


I quite agree with you to follow the Kenyan model. One can source materials on youtube and contract some local builders and it's done, it won't hurt to start small.

daemperor1:

It's getting very interesting.

jeffmyson:

I love the spirit you put into your business!
The big problem we have with our unemployed youths is their lack of initiatives and love of white collar jobs. They don't want to succeed on their own. They are more happy to roam the streets hawking GNLD products and other rubbish MLM scams around.

jethro2:

Sir, my people say whoever will scoop honey from the rock will not be checking the edge of the axe.
Success does not come easy but most of our youth are searching for it non challantly

jeffmyson:


Some of this Youth will even go to the nearby Vendors stand to argue about GEJ vs GMB and some will even go to the ridiculous extent to be arguing how much mikel is paid at chelsea and how he even earns more than lampard and some of them will even tell you where he ate dinner last weekend and the family names of his russian girlfriend and their net worth!

All this time could be used for better engagements that will move them to the next level.

boluwajokosegun:
Jethro2 , i must confess that you are determine & focus in agric biz. I can now understand what you experienced last year. But as we all know experience is the best teacher.
What you had put up here is worth hundreds of thousand naira if you are to do a good market survey & back it up as a practical consultant
Welldone for the good works & keep it up.

jeffmyson:

You are right! Lovely quote.
Some of this Youth will even go to the nearby Vendors stand to argue about GEJ vs GMB and some will even go to the ridiculous extent to be arguing how much mikel is paid at chelsea and how he even earns more than lampard and some of them will even tell you where he ate dinner last weekend and the family names of his russian girlfriend and their net worth!
All this time could be used for better engagements that will move them to the next level.

Blurry:
Amazing stories here....
Its hard to believe this Jethro is a woman. Such doggedness and tenacity is so uncommon.
God bless you and your hustle dear.
Respect!

jethro2:
I supply tomatoes to mile 12 just few times before my tomatoes finally pack up. I still visits the market whenever i am in Lagos to keep abreast of sales. I have also made several contacts through Musa for some other products.
Despite this, I believe Mile 12 should not be the end of my vegetable market. So i still continue in my search for market.
Mile 12 is a seasonal market. I cant afford to be a seasonal farmer if I want to break even in agriculture. I need something constant. I need to be able to budget and plan my earnings in a year. So I need more supplement market.
This brings the need for standard market search

1money:
Wow! I love your story and I love your spirit. Keep it coming, learning a lot. Thanks

Fhemmmy:

I have followed your write up in farming and i find it hard to blv you are a woman, if not that few met you already, i do admire your zeal in farming, and we surely gonna rub mind.... Keep it up and God bless.

Liferace:
enjoying every bit....thanks a lot for sharing.
So,when you say Mile 12 market is seasonal,do you mean they dont sell tomatoes all year round or you are talking about gluts?. And how have you been handling it?.
Whats your advice for anyone interested going into the business concerning seed varieties?.Do you think its possible to sell in mile 12 without a referral as in your own case?