How To Start Cassava Planting And Processing

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“Cassava Farming In Nigeria” – The good news is that Nigeria is the largest cassava producing country all over the world. But still, even up till today cassava finished products are imported unto the country which is very bad us as a country.

With the radical increase in the diverse use of cassava products in Nigeria, cassava farming in Nigeria is becoming more lucrative every day. Cassava farm product has always been a source of revenue and livelihood for millions of Nigerians. Statistic shows that more than 80% of Nigerian households consume cassava products every day. Some of the cassava products are: garri, wheat-flour, animal feed, commercial caramel, and a lot more.

The population of Nigeria as we all know, it continues to grow. The high demand for cassava products will continue to increase greatly, leading to higher revenues generated by cassava farmers. This widespread consumption of cassava products will continue to place it as a cash crop that always gets bought after a harvest, and guarantees a good profit after sales.

Table of Contents
Why Haven’t A Lot Of People Ventured Into Cassava Farming in Nigeria?
1. Select A Good Site:
2. Prepare The Soil For Planting:
3. Best Cassava Variety Selection:
4. Healthy Cassava Stem Cutting:
5. Right Planting:
6. Set-up And Production Cost:
The list of costs that are attached deeply to the cassava farm are:
7. Marketing
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Why Haven’t A Lot Of People Ventured Into Cassava Farming in Nigeria?
The simple and yet obvious answer a lot of people complain about is lack of capital. Capital hinders a lot of business activities from taking off. But with the economic recession going on in Nigeria, the Nigerian government through the country’s Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has made agriculture loans accessible and available for millions of potential active agricultural farmers in Nigeria. You can take advantage of the Nigerian government’s agricultural loans and incentives now which is a good way to startup your own cassava farm.

HERE IS A BUSINESS PLAN ON HOW TO START A CASSAVA FARM AND PROCESSING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA.

1.Select A Good Site
2.Prepare The Soil For Planting
3.Best Cassava Variety Selection
4.Healthy Cassava Stem Cutting
5.Right Planting
6.Set-up and Production Cost
7.Marketing

Let Us Begin:

1. Select A Good Site:
How To Start Cassava Planting And ProcessingSelect A Good Site
When selecting a start-up site for your cassava plantation, select an area with a deep and well drained loamy soil, adequate rainfall, and warm & moist climatic conditions. There are higher chances that your cassava will grow very well and health in these areas. Easy ways to identify land with the above conditions are:

Presence of a thick vegetation around it,
A good soil texture
Flat land or gently sloping.
Basically, picking the right site for your cassava farming is very crucial and important. Ensure that the locals and food scientists can validate the richness of the soil before you proceed to make a purchase of the site.

2. Prepare The Soil For Planting:
How To Start Cassava Planting And ProcessingPrepare The Soil For Planting
This process is not really important if you have already selected a good site to grow your cassava crops as explained above. But in case you didn’t, you’d need invest a little money to improve the soil. There are various practices for improving your soil for planting, you can use the following methods below which are:

Application Of Manure
Prepare a very good seedbeds,
Planting the cassava alongside other crops, e.t.c.


Make your soil as fertile for cultivation as possible or you are in for some loses. In this venture of business, you can’t afford to start making mistake at an early stage of the business.

Your soil must be very fertile for cultivation else, you’d lose millions. Little mistakes as this should be totally avoided. But the best route still, is to choose a good site. This way, you don’t have to go through the pain of improving the soil for planting the cassava stem cuttings.

3. Best Cassava Variety Selection:best cassava
There are varieties of cassavas that you can start grow. The best breeds to cultivate are the typethat are widely accepted by your targeted market, yields greatly, grows fast, and are resistant to pests and diseases. The key factors involved in sorting the right cassava breed to grow are varieties with:

Good food quality
Very good cooking abilities
Varieties that bulk early
Excellent ground storability
High tolerance to pests, diseases, and weed.
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Selecting the best breeds to start with, will determine how successful your cassava plantation will be. If you grow what people are not interested in, you’d go out of business immediately without any warning. Run a background check as to what the available buyers in the locality are interested in, and then grow those types of cassava crops, in large quantity.

4. Healthy Cassava Stem Cutting:cassava stem cutting
The Cassava stem cuttings is used to grow cassava crops. The selection of healthy and good looking stems is mandatory to grow rich cassava crops that the targeted market will purchase quickly and also come back for more. The cassava stem cutting can be purchased in town markets and villages. After the initial purchase of the cassava stem cuttings, the best most reliable place to keep getting a healthy cassava stem cuttings are on your own farm. The sowing of healthy stem cutting is very crucial because they will help a great deal to reduce the wild spread of cassava pests and diseases. When getting cassava stem cuttings, this is the best step to follow:

Get healthy cassava plants.
Abstain from cassava plants that have or have had a history of pest and diseases.


5. Right Planting:cassava farm
First, before you initiate planting your cassava crop products, you’ll need to consider the land tillage method, the time of the year, the seed bed type, and the preparation method, handling, and planting of the cassava stem cuttings. Planting the cassava within all the right conditions will ensure you reap a healthy and bounty harvest. It will surely increase the chances of good yields, and would ensure you always have the cassava harvests just when a lot of buyers need it.

6. Set-up And Production Cost:cost
Like every other start-up business, cassava setup and production cost is not really expensive but will surely earn you millions on the long run. The cost involves the land, land preparation, cassava stem cuttings, fertilizer, fermentation tank, hydraulic press and hammer mill.


Land Cost: NGN 75,000 (It depends on the location)
Land Preparation: NGN 25,000 (Prices vary)
Cassava Stem Cuttings: NGN 50,000 (For 100 bundles, price could vary per location)
Fertilizer NGN 25,000 (Prices could vary by quantity)
Fermentation Tank: NGN 220,000
Hydraulic Press: NGN 280,000
Hammer Mill: NGN 700,000


The list of costs that are attached deeply to the cassava farm are:
Harvesting labor fees
Insecticides
Farm maintenance,
General employee salaries
Carriage bags
and more…

Note: Due to inflation and other uncontrollable market vices, some other costs and unforeseen expenses were not listed. And the one’s listed are likely to change by the same factor.



7. Marketing:sales
After Planting and harvesting the cassava you’ll need to ensure that you get the maximum return on your product, find the right buyer and sell at the right price. The business is sure to yield you great profit if only the right steps have been followed carefully.

Cassava farming remains an undisputed lucrative agricultural venture if executed rightly. Avoid using shortcuts and cutting corners when it comes to setting up a cassava farm, and you’ll end up yielding the right crops everyone desperately demands in the market. Venturing into this agricultural business will grantee you regular sales and high market demand at all times.


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