₦airaland Forum

TangoAlpha:
To answer your question directly; the drone will not need to be flown 24/7. The birds attack during the day only. So you only fly during the day. Do you fly all through the day? No. But you may need to fly for most of the day.

Let me break this down a bit more.

Quelea quelea attacks are greatest in the early mornings and early evenings. But they generally attack through the day.

When you use a drone, it's motion and noise drives the birds. If the farm is not so big....the drone can travel back and forth in a few seconds and will leave the birds no respite. The theory is that if you frustrate them so much they will take a break for upto 30-45minutes. If the drone activity continues, and the birds upon returning realise that they still don't have the opportunity to feed on your rice, Thier frustration increases. If you sustain this back to back. You are very likely going to make the birds migrate from the area.

There is a potential problem though. Many drones that qualify for this task have limited battery life. Typically battery life's are about 10-30 minutes. So you may need to have a number of spare batteries to be able to fly the drone footage hours.

The other challenge is if the area you need to fly the drone over is too large (my rice was on about 50 acres, and I had only one drone); the birds will feast on the rice before the drone gets to them and they will fly to other parts of the rice farm once the drone gets to them. Before the drone gets to the new spot, the birds would have done more damage...on and on..

So get as many spare batteries as you can. And plan the number of drones to match the size of you farm.

I used the DJI Mavic Pro. Unfortunately, it didn't help much. The size of the farm and the population of the birds overwhelmed it. I reckon that of I had 5-10 of that drone I may not have a list a single grain to the birds.

How much is the drone?

The bird problem is not a small one oo.

namet:
"Does Hydroponic Forage Production Make Sense?"
http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=11721

Yes that's the link. I was excited when I came across hydroponic fodder until I read that article. Hydroponic fodder is a waste of time and resources.

I didn't know that plantain and banana have hybrid. Does it mean their suckers will be useless?

Pls experts, where can I get vermiculite and perlites?

Good advice so far. Forget the past but don't let it repeat itself.

mployer:
He used present tense. He never said he was.

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The tense is not very important here. What is important is the context. Pls read 1 timothy 1:12-end and get the context right. He was talking about his past, before his conversion.

mployer:
Apostle Paul said he is the chief of sinners. Go figure.

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Try and find out if he was refering to his past or present. When the bible says: all have sin and come short of God's glory, He was refering to the past (for a born again). Acts 17:20: the past God overlook, but now He commands people everywhere to repent".

mployer:
All these self-righteous preachers. You can't even live up to half the standard you preach.

The aim is simply to look righteous while you remain dirty on the inside.

Humans has no capacity to live up to God's standard of righteousness, that is the reason for the coming of Jesus christ.... So He will become our righteousness in God.

Go back and read your Bible. This time, read the new testament slowly.

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God says "be holy for i am holy". Find out more about grace from galatian 2;8-end, Titus 2:11 and romans 6. Ignorance will not be an excuse on judgement day.

HarveyDeven:
What network are you using?

mtn.

baba11:
Do you know where I can find/buy the digester?

Types of digesters: http://www.google.com.ng/search?q=site:farmersjoint.com+biogas+digester+type

mmsen:
Moral relativism has been shown to be very dangerous.

That's how you end up with people who think that buying and raping a child is acceptable.

Or why some people thing it's ok to detonate explosives in crowded places.

Some things are clearly destructive and stupid - such as enriching religious charlatans while others suffer.

If all that money that is wasted on tithes were put to good use Nigeria would be in a much better place.

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U just teach me a new word I like: moral relativity. Thanks. Meanwhile, not all tithes are wasted. Some churches put their own to good use by using it to help the needy. My church even have scholarship program for members and welfare program for the needy.

Giving is quite different from paying ur tithe. U can give and still pay ur tithe. U can also give out part of ur tithe to the needy, but don't ignore the essential needs in your church. Some people attacking churches for collecting tithe might actually be antichrists that will like churches/religion to die completely. They know that if u remove finance the church will be crippled physically and so they try convincing people not to pay tithe. So my advice for true christians is this: pay ur tithe, support the good works ur church is doing, before u condemn ur church for robbing the poor, ask the leaders what ur church have done to help the poor. Don't just think up sth and conclude. If ur church have an evangelism program, support them with ur time and money. A lot of antichrists don't want to here about repentance, they will rather follow celebrities and continue to wallow in sexual immorality and they hate it if u try to correct them. Finally, if your church is worldly, find another church and continue to grow toward perfection.

This reminds me of our ajaokuta.

soil9:
call me on

Can u email me the number?

soil9:
call me on

Can u email me the number?

leo1234:
How can I contact you?

I sent u a mail.

leo1234:
I am interested.
How much are you budgeting?

I don't have any in mind. But I'm planning for a minimum of 3 plots for cucumber, 3 or more for pepper and maybe 1 to test out watermelon.

Thanks. Will try that.

aariwa:
Okay no problem .would do that now

I'll still call the man. I'm just trying to sort out sths.

leo1234:
I am interested in this adventure. What do you want to venture into? I reside in Anambra State.

.. I'm planning cucumber, pepper and watermelon.

soil9:
you can grow maize without the use of manual labour which is very expensive and subject plants to mechanical injury. you can purchase xtraforce or 3maizeforce
for pre-emergence application. guardforce or stunner can be used for post emergence. just to let you know, I am a technical sales representative with Jubaili agrotec (a major manufacturer and distributor of agrochemicals). this chemicals don't have any side effect provided you adhere to the re-entry period and pre-harvest interval. you can reach me via email on technical.abuja@jubailiagrotec.com.
you can also visit our website on www.jubailiagrotec.com

How can i buy ur products in Anambra?

SweetBoyFriend:

Prayer house ?? You mean a play ground ??

The loving and amazing God was watching from his Mansion in the clouds while they brutalize an innocent girl in his prayer house somewhere on earth ??

Just ban religion all over the world and things will start moving fine

what did God did to u? Tell me.

Kylekent59:
Hope the last thing they did was a good thing. And hope they confesses their sins b4 passing away.

Hmm... It doesnt wk that way oo. I remembered when i had an accident. The pain did nt allow me to think, talkless of confessing my sins. Christ will come like a thief, likewise sudden death. God expects us to be alert at all time. U cant fool God oo. U were bizzy wallowing in sin and when death come knocking u start confession. Jesus said we MUST be born again b4 we enter the kingdom of God. Can u achieve that state of mind in the mist of violent storm? In summary, the right time to repent is now.

Will people learn from this? Train up a child in the way he shud go and when he is old he will nt depart from it. If you make stupid people your friend, you will be ruined - prov 13:20. Our youths follow stupid people like Davido, wizkid, 2face, mercy johnson etc. People whose lifestyle is clearly oppose to God's word yet people that claim to be Christians will follow them. If this is for u, repent and come to Christ.

As for the family of the deceased, they shud take heart and try to undo their mistakes. I place 90% of the blame on parents.

Still need help pls.

Life without Christ is misery. So first and foremost, I advise u to submit your whole life to Christ and allow the bible to guide ur thoughts and actions. That way u wont go chasing after slay queens. A woman that fears God is to be praised. Marriage is nt child's play. U need serious prayer b4 u even decide if u are to start searching. Get close to God and he will reveal things to u thru ur dream.

Pls I need your help. I bought nokia e7 but after installing opera mini and trying to browse, it will browse like 3-4 pages and then stop. Is there anything I failed to do?

Don't be blinded by money oo. Money and immorality tend to go hand in Hand. But God will judge both the rich and the poor.

fluentinfor:
The principle of business applies to every business including Agriculture in regards to if one should allow another person run it or not.

It is simple. If your business cannot function without you, it is not yet stabilized and it is still a small business. But who says small businesses cannot be stabilized. So, i think it is more of stability.

Here is my point. It doesnt mean you arent doing well if you must monitor your farm but the truth is that just a slight challenge, you are gone. All can crumble in a twikling of an eye. Many things can contribute to it which are out of your control. And such is the case in Nigeria.

Now, any industry that needs monitoring won't be progressive. If busineses in an industry get crushed easily, the industry is messed up.

I agree with u. If u set things up properly, you'll be able to detect the slightest theft. Put things under the care of individual wkèrs and hold them accountable. Get to know how much feed ur birds need to attain a certain weight, install security cameras if possible, restrict access to certain areas. There is a lot one can do to fight theft.

This is an example of integrated farming I hope for, but at a much larger scale.