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Farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn
to better directions in recent years, creating
jobs and opportunities for Entrepreneurs who
dare to go into farming Business. Millionaires are currently being made every
year through Farming in Nigeria and there is
no end to the prospects of creating more and
more wealth through farming in the coming
years. There are good reasons why farming in
Nigeria is currently doing very well and
understanding these reasons will help any
serious entrepreneur (no matter where he comes from) to think seriously about setting up Farm in Nigeria.
(1) There is no any other African country
where Farming is as viable as it should be in
Nigeria in terms of productivity and
profitability.
(2) There is no other country where farmers are more advantaged as they are in Nigeria
as regards demands.

Top 5 Reasons Why Farming In Nigeria Is Irresistible:

(1) Nigeria has a huge population of over 150
Million people, twice more than the
populations of Zimbabwe and South Africa
combined. The entire population of Nigeria
depends on staple foods produced from farms
and other farm produces for their daily meals and sustenance — and more than 80 percent
of Nigerians buy their Farm Produce from the
market.
(2) Nigeria has very large expanses of fertile
farmlands laying fallow for nothing. Nigeria
Land area when measured in sq km is about
910,770. The Land area of any country is the
country’s total area, excluding areas that
are considered to be water bodies. So, Nigeria has one of the biggest expanse of
Land in Africa of which 70 percent is available
for Farming.
(3) Nigerian Government is seriously turning
it’s attention to promoting Farming in
Nigeria to help boost food productions in the
country and minimize foods importation. The government is willing to assist any would
be Farming entrepreneur/investors with the
necessary supports and logistics.
(4) Nigerians have very high purchasing
power, far more than any other indigenous
Africans — we buy things here and we pay
cash! Talk about parties, Nigeria is the most
merriment people on earth — the foods used
for parties and merriment in Nigeria yearly can feed four other African countries.
(5) By the time Nigeria attain it’s full capacity
utilization is agriculture, Farming in Nigeria
will become great foreign currency earner
more than as it already is.
The implication is that Nigerian Farmers will
be able to earn in Naira and in Dollars as well as Euros and Pound Sterling.
The prospect for Farming in Nigeria is so high
that only a fool will ignore it.

Having said that, let’s take a closer look at
some of the types of Farming that does very
well in Nigeria in my next article. Watch out!


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As the Federal Government explores various agribusinesses to diversify the economy, an apiculturist, David Musa, disclosed that honey production can create 10, 000 jobs in three years. This was stated by Musa while speaking at the
recent launch of National Apiculture Platform, NAP, where he said the nation stands to rake in high foreign exchange from honey production and export if attention will be given to the industry.

Musa said: “I tend to provide strategic dynamic for Apiculture bee industry in Nigeria. The value of Nigerian bee industry is N36.8 billion with that the bee will also to get better. As stakeholders we have an idea on how to develop the sector. “The honey industry has a lot of prospects to turn around the agriculture sector.
We can’t continue importing honey into the country when we have such potential to develop the industry because our import bill is huge, we import 90 per cent of honey into the country, but we can reduce the importation in two years and halt importation in five years. “We can generate up to 10, 000 jobs within three years from bee production in Nigeria. We need to build local houses to generate employment. We need to develop up stream, middle stream and low stream. In the upstream we have producers, middle stream we have the processors and packagers, and the downstream we have the end users and the consumers. “We believe very soon apiculture and bee keeping will effect change in the agricultural sector and make impact in the economy.
We need to improve bee nutrition and reduce the price of the commodity. According to him honey has been consumed domestically compared to industrial and urged investors to build capacity in the honey production industry.
He also added that apiculture should be included in secondary school curriculum as it will make the students to develop interest and
venture into the money spinning industry.


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Kogi Government Appoints 54 Senior Special
Assistants and 9 Special Assistants
Kogi State Government has approved the appointment
of 54 Senior Special Assistants to the Governor into the
various offices in the administration.
A statement today by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Mrs. Ayoade Folashade Arike, in
Lokoja, said the appointments are effective from 1st of
April, 2017.
The rationale for the additional appointees at the state
level, the statement read, is to “plug identified gaps
in service delivery, fill key positions with the right people and to broaden inclusiveness in governance by
bringing people from more communities on board.”
According to the statement, in addition to the 54
Senior Special Assistants appointed, nine Special
Assistants to the Governor as Federal Constituency
Supervisors for the GYB Connect Programme has also been approved.
The statement said the appointment is to recognise
and encourage outstanding contributions to the New
Direction Agenda.
The statement added that the nine Special Assistants
will also act as direct liaisons between the present administration and the Local Government Ward
Coordinators of the GYB Connect Programme.
The newly appointed Senior Special Assistants (SSAs)
and their Local Government Areas (LGAs) are are:
1. Hon. Abdullahi Bello – SSA to the Governor on
Political Matters, Kogi Central (Adavi LGA) 2. Hajia Ladi Mariam Ibrahim – SSA to the Governor on
Land Matters (Adavi LGA)
3. Sandra Musa – SSA to the Governor on Women and
Children Development (Ajaokuta LGA)
4. Abdulraheem Baba Aliyu – SSA to the Governor on
Security and Intelligence, Kogi Central (Ajaokuta) 5. Abdusalam Yahaya - SSA to the Governor on
Political Matters, Kogi East (Ankpa LGA)
6. Amodu Hassan - SSA to the Governor on Persons
with Disabilities (Ankpa LGA)
7. Abubakar Muhammed Muktar - SSA to the Governor
on Youth Empowerment, Kogi East (Ankpa LGA) 8. Ibrahim Tahiti - SSA to the Governor on Security and
Intelligence, Kogi East (Ankpa LGA)
9. Abdullahi Br. Musa - SSA to the Governor on Civil
Service and Labour Relations (Bassa LGA)
10. Tukura Grace - SSA to the Governor on Primary
Healthcare Institutions (Bassa LGA) 11. Omonu Joshua - SSA to the Governor on Student
Affairs (Dekina LGA)
12. Isiaka Nuhu - SSA to the Governor on Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi East (Dekina
LGA)
13. Mariam Ibrahim - SSA to the Governor on Tourism (Dekina LGA)
14. Yakubu Ocholi - SSA to the Governor on Emergency
(Dekina LGA)
15. David Adutu - Management SSA to the Governor on
Informal and Vocational Education (Ibaji LGA)
16. Achuba Anthony - SSA to the Governor on Special Duties (Ibaji LGA)
17. Ibrahim Odoma - SSA to the Governor on Housing
and Estate (Idah LGA)
18. Dan Achema - SSA to the Governor on Mineral
Resources (Idah LGA)
19. Benjamin Amodu - SSA to the Governor on Rural/ Urban Infrastructural Development/ Project Monitoring (Igalamela-Odol u LGA) 20. Jibril Usman Courage - SSA to the Governor on
Education, Primaru Schools (Igalamela-Odol u LGA) 21. Faleke Sunday Idowu - SSA to the Governor on
Administration, Strategy and Planning (Ijumu LGA) 22. Emmanuel Obadunmi - SSA to the Governor on
Internally-Gene rated Revenue (Ijumu LGA) 23. Segun Olobatoke - SSA to the Governor on Sports
(Kabba-Bunu LGA)
24. Olakunle Jagun - SSA to the Governor on Security
and Intelligence (Kabba-Bunu LGA)
25. Shaban Ohinoyi Shuaibu - SSA to the Governor on
Secondary Healthcare Institutions (Kogi LGA) 26. Shuaibu Musa - SSA to the Governor on Sanitation
and Environment (Kogi LGA)
27. Nda Aaron Alhassan - SSA to the Governor on
Mobilisation (Lokoja LGA)
28. Abdulmalik Suleiman - SSA to the Governor on
Youth Empowerment (Lokoja LGA) 29. Mahmud Alfa Mekudi - SSA to the Governor on
Tertiary Healthcare Institutions (Lokoja LGA)
30. Ali Mamud - SSA to the Governor on Cultural
Integration (Lokoja LGA)
31. Ishola David Sunday - SSA to the Governor on
Political Matters, Kogi West (Mopa-Amuro) 32. Mayowa Alaiyemola - SSA to the Governor on
Water Resources (Mopa-Amuro)
33. Ismaila Idis - SSA to the Governor on Agriculture
Matters (Ofu LGA)
34. Prince Okoliko Opaluwa - SSA to the Governor on
Federal Agencies Matters (Ofu LGA) 35. Obin Aimila - SSA to the Governor on Special Duties
(Ogori-Magongo LGA)
36. Raymond Ekundayo - SSA to the Governor on Youth
Empowerment, Kogi Central (Ogori-Magongo LGA)
37. Akoh Jacobs Peter - SSA to the Governor on
Commerce and Investment, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Olamaboro LGA)
38. Dan Ogbole - SSA to the Governor on Sustainable
Development Goals (Olamaboro LGA)
39. Barr. Shadrack Omeiza Emmanuel - SSA to the
Governor on Legal Matters (Okehi LGA)
40. Mercy Johnson - SSA to the Governor on Entertainment, Arts and Culture (Okehi LGA)
41. Ismaila Umar - SSA to the Governor on Information
Communication Technology (Okene LGA)
42. Salihu Ibrahim - SSA to the Governor on Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi Central
(Okene LGA) 43. Alabi Shuaibu Ojo - SSA to the Governor on
Transport and Logistics (Okene LGA)
44. Idis A. Rasaq - SSA to the Governor on Rural/Urban
Development/ Project Monitoring, Kogi Central (Okene LGA)
45. Malik Isa Teina - SSA to the Governor on Power
(Okene LGA)
46. Atuluku Victor Levi - SSA to the Governor on Media
Matters (Omala LGA)
47. Halima G. Abuh - SSA to the Governor on Tertiary Education (Omala LGA)
48. Aiyelabowo Adebanji - SSA to the Governor on
Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi West
(Yagba-East LGA)
49. Liadi Fisayo - SSA to the Governor on Special Duties
(Yagba-East LGA)
50. Adebayo Toba Emmanuel - SSA to the Governor on
Rural/Urban Development/ Project Monitoring, Kogi West (Yagba-West LGA)
51. Orebiyi Taiwo Emmanuel - SSA to the Governor on
Pension Matters (Yagba-West LGA)
52. Kelvin Uzochukwu - SSA to the Governor on non-
Indigene Affairs (Non-Indigene)
53. Dele Adeyanju Iselewa - SSA to the Governor on Secondary Education Institutions (Special
Consideration/ Obajana)
54. Maj. Idogah Solomon Rtd. - SSA to the Governor on
Security and Intelligence, State (Olamaboro)
The Special Assistants on GYB Connect Programme are
as follows:
1. Mutari Salihu Bajeh - Adavi-Okehi Federal
Constituency 2. Samuel Bello – Ajaokuta Federal Constituency
3. Hon Idis Musa – Ankpa Federal Constituency
4. Sulieman Bashir Lawal – Idah Federal Constituency
5. Alhaji Akpa Jibril Omale – Dekina Federal
Constituency
6. Sulieman Bababgo – Lokoja-Koto Federal Constituency
7. Sarki Adams – Okene-Ogori Federal Constituency
8. Arokoyo Julius Ojo – Kabba/ Bunu-Ijumu Federal Constituency
9. Florence Adeniyi – Yagba-Mopa Federal
Constituency

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Are you a graduate of Agriculture, an already established farmer or 'wannabe' farmer then sugar cane farming is the right business for you.
If you are really
in Nigeria you will notice that apart from Dangote and st. Louis sugar there is no other highly competitive sugar(sweetener) product in the market. This should give you an idea of how sugarcane farming or plantation could easily make you a millionaire, a billionaire if you work harder.
Though there are other products of sugarcane, the edible sweetener popularly called 'sugar' is the most common. For instance sugar from sugarcane can be used to make fuel in the form of ethanol which can run vehicles or used in liquor
. Bagasse which is a by-product of sugarcane processing could be used to produce electricity. Sugarcane could also be used to make bioplastics and other products. Even though you cannot afford to process your products you could start by selling to the processing companies who are ever ready to buy. "The major problem facing youths in agriculture is not capital,its procrastination". Now let's get down to business.
1.SMALL START-UP CAPITAL You should have a little capital of #200,000 to start on a semi-large scale of 1hectare.
2.FIND CHEAP FARMLAND There are very cheap lands you can find in the south-western and northern regions of Nigeria. Lands are stinkingly cheap you could outrightly buy an acre for about #50,000. In the Northern Nigeria land is way cheaper. For start-up's I will suggest you rent a farmland for about #5,000-#6,000 in the southwestern regions its even cheaper in the northern Nigeria. sugarcane needs sufficient water for proper growth and yield. So its either you site your farmland near a river or you sink a borehole in your farmland(that's if you bought the land).
3. SITE PREPARATION You need to clear the vegetation or debris on the farmland.
Hired manual labours would do for a start or you could hire tractors if you have more money.
I know that hiring a tractor and operator shouldn't cost you more than #55,000.
4.TILLING AND RUSHING THE SOIL This would help the sugarcane roots to develop well the soil and consequentially affect the plants growth and yield. "Do not compromise the site preparation procedures because it would affect your crops on the long run".
5.PLANTING Sugar cane is propagated vegetatively using cuttings. Procure healthy, viable and highly productive cuttings from the right source.
Specifically I would ask that you buy from the Research institute.
Hire labourers to plant the cuttings in a spacing of 1.4 m + 0.4 m, 0.15 m.




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Science and Technology in the Development of Agriculture
Agriculture involves the following operations: the clearing of bush and the breaking up of surface soil, the sowing of seeds, the removal of the weeds from the farm, the harvesting and storage of crops which are disposed of by marketing and the breeding and rearing of animals.
All these operations can be done in a number of different ways which involves varying amounts of labour,time,expense and productivity.
Efficiency, or getting the greatest result for the minimum of effort and expenses is largely dependent on the application of scientific knowlegde. For instance, early in history of man, acquired scientific knowlegde from observation of everydat occurences, by experimation
Technology has enabled a good network of transportation to be established, so that food products can be carried to the markets and been sold at reasonable prices to the consumer, in spite of long distances from the urban markets.
The use of artificial fertilizers has been one of the greatest contributions of industry to modern agriculture. By the use of artificial fertilizers it has become possible to add plant nutrients to the soil where there is defiency
Weeds have been a problem on farms, especially among grain crops. The use of herbicides and the alternation of grain crops with root crops and green crops, commonly known as crop rotation, has helped to keep weeds within reasonable bounds.
This system is also a means of conserving soil fertility and diseases. Problems of soil moisture and aeration can be combatted through mulching, irrigation and drainage. The use of refrigeration has enabled the farm products to be stored for longer periods.
Early farm machines and appliances were simple applications of the principle of lever age and friction. For instances, spades and mattocks were used to stir and pulverize the soil. Flint knives were used to harvest ripe corn or grasses. Corn was ground to flour between stones. Stone axes were used to fell trees to make clearings for farming operations. Gradually, new designs for machines, and the knowledge of materials to make them, have influenced science and technology in the production of farm machinery; and modern farm operations have come to depend more and more on man inventiveness and less on his muscles. For example the tilling of soil has brought about the invention of farm machines such as ploughs, harrowers and ridgers.
In these ways, science and technology ensure adequate food supply and market distribution of food products, which are the main functions of agriculure in modern society.

By Alex WhitingRome —During the epidemic, many farmers were unable to grow or sell their crops because of measures to contain EbolaFarmers in West Africa still reeling from the impact of Ebola, urgently need help or they could be forced to leave their farms to seek work elsewhere, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Wednesday.During the epidemic, many farmers inGuinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia wereunable to grow or sell their crops because of measures to contain the virus, including travel restrictions, border closures and quarantines, as well as fear of infection.Rice, cassava and other crops went unharvested. Food production in Sierra Leone's bread basket and epicentre of the epidemic stalled, andweekly markets ceased trading because there was nothing to sell, according to the World Bank.Although the epidemic has ended officially, experts are concerned about its long-term effects on food production and agriculture in the region."Ebola has had an enormous impact on the lives of rural people - many of whom are small-scale farmers who could not grow food or earn a living during the epidemic," IFAD president, Kanayo Nwanze, said ahead of a trip to Liberia and Sierra Leone."If we do not channel our investments to the rural areas now, these farmers may have to migrate in search of work. This could compromise the future food security of these countries," he said in a statement.IFAD is a U.N. agency which provides grants and low-interest loans to help boost agriculture in developing countries.Ebola killed more than 11,300 people and infected some 28,600 as it sweptthrough Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea from 2013 in the world's worst outbreak of the disease.The World Health Organisation declared Sierra Leone free of the deadly haemorrhagic fever on March 17, Guinea on June 1, and Liberia on June 9.Agencies including IFAD, the World Bank, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation and several West African agencies, have been helping farmers, but more help is needed."With more than 70 percent of rural people in these countries engaged in agriculture, our first concern is to ensure they can grow food and earn incomes again so they can rebuild their communities," said Nwanze."But it is equally important to ensure that they have access to the right tools and resources to build their resilience so they are less vulnerable to future shocks."Reporting by Alex Whiting, Editing by Jo Griffin.


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