mercylicious:

what of converting to garri? There is so much demand for garri. it doesnt need advert. Dont u think u will.make.more money turning it into garri, increasing shelf life, storing and even selling off harvest season?
Is there a way to automate frying garri and still get ijebu quality?

mercylicious:


what of converting to garri? There is so much demand for garri. it doesnt need advert. Dont u think u will.make.more money turning it into garri, increasing shelf life, storing and even selling off harvest season?

Is there a way to automate frying garri and still get ijebu quality?

jethro2:

The only people that make use of cassava in my area is garri processors. Every 1 in 4 household has a local gari processor. A 50kg garri sells between N3,000 to N3,500. Most time is the northerners that come with trailers to load it.
In essence we have supplus gari
Yes. There is a company named Niji Lukas located in Ilero. a village also in Saki area.
I think he does some exportation

stagger:

They load at N3,500, transport it to Dawanau market in Kano where buyers come and buy all the way from Niger, Chad, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Northern Cameroun. They smile to the bank and the only people who are crying are the Saki farmers.
Doesn't that indicate that the farmers are not getting this right? Processing has gone beyond the household stuff I personally used to do in my backyard when Buhari's essenco policy was pounding Nigeria hard in 1984/85.
You need capacity with modern machines to produce volume. That is the only way it can be viable.

stagger:
. They smile to the bank and the only people who are crying are the Saki farmers.

jethro2:

@Stagger
I have learnt and taught myself to stay off your post or comments or threads.
The reason is i don't take to being derided or snide at when i express myself which i notice you are very good at.
I will appreciate if you can pass your message across with some decorum.

The above statement is totally uncalled for.

stagger:

I can see you are too childish to learn anything from this thread or this forum. You love picking quarrels with anyone and everyone. Who was deriding anyone here? Did you even read the posts well at all to see what point was being made? You see what you want to see and believe what you want to believe.
Your hormones do your thinking for you, not your brain. I am out of here.

jethro2:
The farmers in my area keep planting cassava because there is are no alternative crop.
The federal government has no one single processing plant that utilizes cassava.
The cassava processors don't pay until after 3 to 4 weeks of supply.
The suppliers bear the transport cost.
As per the yield of 30 to 40 tonnes, we will discuss it when i get back from morning farm

Fhemmmy:

I am interested in this aspect so much..... would like to talk you, please send me your contact, thanks And not sure if possible to tell how much was used to cultivate each hectare of land of cassava till ready to sell

JAkpayen:
@jethro2
stagger is telling you the basic facts. If you really want to make money from cassava, try processing it further into flour. Either you acquire a cassava processing equipment or partner with a processing company. I tell you that a ton of cassava flour is sold @ N80,000

jethro2:

My contact no is 08064688501.
Yes. Its possible to give the cost in my area. There will definitely be some difference which could be more or less.

sheyi86:
i appreciate wot jethro has stated so far which is d truth of d matter. Wot legsup stated in 1 guy thread abt cassava isnt true likewise stagger, do u kno hw many processing units we av in SW alone hwever 2 even process cassava into product is it even easy? I and my collegues processed cassava int 4 products as our project i.e flour garri fufu and starch and we sold them by ourself we only made profit frm fufu wen i calculated d amount we spent on gari processing i discovered dat we made loss.jethro is a practical farmer.And how many cassava farmer has made it frm even cassava processing. Jethro ride on joor i dey follow reality.

jethro2:

My contact no is 08064688501.
Yes. Its possible to give the cost in my area. There will definitely be some difference which could be more or less.

julibos:
Hi Jethro
I must say I really love the way you pass on your experience to those reading, I find your style very expressive and engaging….keep up the good work. I can see you are multitalented, not just in farming but in teaching and writing as well. And I really think what we lack in Nigeria is exposure to some form of technicalities that will make our pursuit seamless and also 100% cooperation and sincerity from the government seems what we get is half measures, for instance someone mentioned Horticulture on the first page, I heard recently during the valentine period that the flower business is a big one, but we do not have many doing it here or let’s say we don’t have enough people like Jethro sharing their pros and cons experienced in the course of their venture. Leant in Kenya a stem of rose is around 40naira for one but here its 1200naira for same flower. Imagine the difference, this is because production for this is low here, hence we bring in from other countries…..more people like Jethro should please share more ,I guess naijas out there too should offer help in the area of expertise…..ride on Jethro….sofry sofry on stagger o. looking at his post there is a point there, but I guess it comes out as though there’s little or no acknowledgement or appreciation for your effort or experience but I doubt if he meant to hurt anyone with his insight. Anyway long story, I love what you are doing and feel really inspired, so many are bored at routine desk job…loool. This is the way to go.

Fhemmmy:

Great and will surely talk to you soon, while learning on your thread . . . Thanks.

mercylicious:
hehehe.
spreads mat n sipping my zobo drink.
Jethro, u are my friend, bt take it easy wit stagger. dont make anyone ur permanent enemy. ur outburst was uncalled for. both of u are saying d same thing- process ur cassava.

sheyi86:
i appreciate wot jethro has stated so far which is d truth of d matter. Wot legsup stated in 1 guy thread abt cassava isnt true likewise stagger, do u kno hw many processing units we av in SW alone hwever 2 even process cassava into product is it even easy? I and my collegues processed cassava int 4 products as our project i.e flour garri fufu and starch and we sold them by ourself we only made profit frm fufu wen i calculated d amount we spent on gari processing i discovered dat we made loss.jethro is a practical farmer.And how many cassava farmer has made it frm even cassava processing. Jethro ride on joor i dey follow reality.

Queendo:

Is dis my tomatoes boss am following and learning frm d prof in Agric. U are indeed inspiring millions of people. God bless u.

julibos:
Hi Jethro
I must say I really love the way you pass on your experience to those reading, I find your style very expressive and engaging….keep up the good work. I can see you are multitalented, not just in farming but in teaching and writing as well. And I really think what we lack in Nigeria is exposure to some form of technicalities that will make our pursuit seamless and also 100% cooperation and sincerity from the government seems what we get is half measures, for instance someone mentioned Horticulture on the first page, I heard recently during the valentine period that the flower business is a big one, but we do not have many doing it here or let’s say we don’t have enough people like Jethro sharing their pros and cons experienced in the course of their venture. Leant in Kenya a stem of rose is around 40naira for one but here its 1200naira for same flower. Imagine the difference, this is because production for this is low here, hence we bring in from other countries…..more people like Jethro should please share more ,I guess naijas out there too should offer help in the area of expertise…..ride on Jethro….sofry sofry on stagger o. looking at his post there is a point there, but I guess it comes out as though there’s little or no acknowledgement or appreciation for your effort or experience but I doubt if he meant to hurt anyone with his insight. Anyway long story, I love what you are doing and feel really inspired, so many are bored at routine desk job…loool. This is the way to go.

Pavore9:

l did mention horticulture on the first page, living in Nairobi and seeing what is going on, l swore never to have anything to do with cassava farming, let those who are in love with it continue! Coming to flowers, Kenya and Kenyans are reaping it big from flower export as every night different airlines air-freights flowers to Europe for sale the next morning as 70% of roses sold in European Supermarkets are from Kenya. Most
painful is that Nigerians import those same flowers from Europe!
Anyone that tells me that their weather favours flower growing more than Nigeria is high on fermented plantain root (l have drank it ). Our weather distribution is vast just like Kenya's. Their Northern part is just like ours dry and dusty though there are places as cold like Scotland.l could liken Nairobi's weather to that of the Middle-belt. We just lack the will and capacity to be involved in it.
l would rather do vegetables like cabbage, lettuce, carrots, French beans, Eggplants etc as these crop accrue more income at a shorter time frame than the traditional cassava we are used to though there are also profit in it but the market structure does not favour the farmer who spent many months on the farm but individuals who are involved after it leaves the farm.
This links can give anyone an idea of what l am talking about.
http://www.royalseed.biz/seeds---domestic.php
http://www.royalseed.biz/seeds---export.php
Click on the picture of the desired crop and read the details.

waka2:
Daily,i can't help myself bt must visit here to learn 4rm jethro, pavore,jasper,soloxam,lesgup stagger and some other guys.you guys are wondaful you dnt know the giants you are breeding now bt believe u will see the impact in nearest future, ur teachings arguments differences are all wonderful GOD bless you all. well done.

Wot legsup
stated in 1 guy thread abt cassava isnt true