TheGiftedOne: What a monumental waste, a colossal loss and gigantic setback. Many times I have wished I was never a Nigerian. I've been to and savoured the serenity of Tinapa. A project that decorated the advert signposts of the EPL even before it took off proper. You could imagine the sum total it took to pull such a stunt. Something that provoked the NTA into complaining that they would have accepted far less an amount to do the same advert (something I beg to defer on anyways)
Cross Rivers state is home to nature. From the thick and densely populated rain forests that houses thousands of rare and endangered species to countless food crops, mountains, rivers, quarries, beautiful landscapes etc.
Most countries in Europe cannot boast of one tenth of what that state is endowed with. But here we are.... It is #Painful to say the least.
Great post! I have worked on the biodiversity conservation of Cross River. Funny enough, project funders are foreigners (GEF).
DoggoneDogg: This part should not be swept under the carpet.
How did a woman in Lagos end up in Ibadan unconscious? Afonjas, na una I dey ask
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But isn't this a great question for everyone? Not your narrowed Narrative though.
What kind of Country is this?. What makes humans different from animals is the concept of time and longevity of life. Animals understand concept of space only and Can die any time.
All the regions are similar except Abuja metropolitan City. Different forms of uneasiness and latent fear. Cultism, terrorism, ritualism, robberism, kidnappism, yahooism. Very hopless regions, have lived in all of them. Now currently in the region of skullism. People just get killed needlessly in all the regions
If the answer is affirmative, why would you clear a farmland whose fertility zone (depth) is just the topsoil to few centimetres down? (A ruler length)
Your bulldozer will permanently ruin the farmland. Stop it now.
I rejected your work at a Job interview, I was told The group is not interested in the field cultivation but Bringing people to put in money,that's all.
How can you make money for investors when you lack capacity to produce these crops?
Turmeric, Ginger and Pepper in Ogun and Ekiti? You are a joke!
I just got into a town in Southwest Nigeria and bought: 1. Brand new 6kg cylinder with burner N 15,400 2. Gas fill N 4,100 3. Running around N 2,500 Total: N 22, 000
When I enter Market to buy things, I blew up N 18,000 at a go.
The N 50,000 relocation allowance all gone at the speed of light.
saliubello: 1. Cassava variety (I didnt ask the supplier, its deliberate though) 2. Brands of pre and post emergence herbicides (Well, the post emergence was those with glyphosate as active ingredients, the pre emergence was those with atrazine plus a 3 bottles of glyphosate in a 200litre drum. there was a reason for this.. the farm was still bushy after reploughing. 3. Any fertilizers used? No fertilizer was used. but i do know the variety planted didnt give good cassava yield.
My take on cassava varieties, because I am not the one selling to the processor directly - it makes no economic sense to buy the advertised varieties and another person reap more from the added financial stress.
Ok. Great!. Many thanks!. But I doubt if glyphosate based post emergence was used, except your cassava variety was resistant to glyphosate. Maybe a selective herbicide was used, just maybe.
But I really appreciate you and the information provided. Thanks again!
saliubello: Last year 2020, I intended to plant cassava on an expanse of land - the total land area was 14.5 acres. That was MAY 2020, but the day the tractor operator went to re-plough the land, the tractor developed a fault. It was a big fault that would require alot of money to fix. They only were able to replough just six acres before the damage happened.
I planted cassava on the about six acres in May 2020. other things that I paid for on the farm. ---- Cassava Stems purchase ---- Payment for Planting ---- Purchase of Pre emergence chemical ---- Payment for labour to spray the chemical ---- First Hand weeding when the pre emergence chemical failed. ---- Second weeding ---- Post emergence chemical purchase ---- Labour for application of post emergence chemical ---- Chemical and application of post emergence again. ---- Miscellenous expenses. Total expenditure amounts to N320,000 (Three hundred and twenty thousand naira)
At HARVEST: I harvested[b] 7 (seven pickup loads of cassava)[/b] and each was sold at N150,000 (One hundred and fifty thousand naira) . This was the selling price as of May 2021.
Total revenue from six acres cassava farm as of May 2021: N1,050,000. One million and fifty thousand naira.
This is great!
Could you share details about your inputs?
1. Cassava variety 2. Brands of pre and post emergence herbicides 3. Any fertilizers used?