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op good morning, pls my acceptance on ur facebook page smart money empire is pending pls accept

Sir your topic on freelance attracted me actually i am looking at this aspect i graduated this yr as an agric student i am thinking on undergoing a task as a freelance writer on agric based field ,any prospect on this sir.

Okadalifestyle:
ICT and Agriculture
Issues to address from Inception.
I have always thought about farming in relation to ICT. Wondered how I can mobile apps, social media and technology to minimize cost and improve crop yield per hectare and animal weight in the shortest time. Now I have plans to farm with drones in the next few months. Yes! Farmers in developed countries are using them drones, so why not Nigeria. But it is vital to start all businesses small and nurture it to grow. That’s how I came up with providing farmers with demand-driven advisory services. Here’s tips on how to start it….

1. Involve all the potential users when assessing demand
ICT should be demand-driven. Your project design should begin with specific details of the intended users, such as smallholder farmers, marketers, input suppliers etc., possibly in groups or cooperatives. Information about weather, pest and disease attack, current commodity price and best market place are most demanded.

2. Keep it simple
There is often a tendency to want to provide all the information and assistance that farmers could possibly need. This can lead to complex, costly, unworkable and unsustainable designs. A better approach is to start by providing limited information to address a fundamental problem, with the objective to upgrade and scale-up services if the pilot is successful. Remember to start small maybe you can just provide market access to maize, beans and paddy rice.

3. Do not pre-commit to any particular ICT solution
Having the right mix of ICT is necessary to empower and develop smallholder farmers, value chain actors and of cause make your money. I will talk about value chain and their actors in other posts. For instance, combine SMS alert, radio, facebook, whatsapp and pinterest to promote agribusiness services gives best result. Remember this is a business and as such should be based on cost-effectiveness and sustainability and not just on the fact that it is desirable and technically possible.

4. Address literacy, gender and social cultural issues from inception.
Most farmers have mobile phones even though they are illiterates and lack technical knowhow to use the internet. Providing services in languages understood by most people is essential. Adopt what I call the WAZOBIA configuration such that smallholder farmers can see information in their native languages. Understand that religion and tradition may interfere with your business. For instance, women are sometimes denied access to technology, even though they make about 80% of the farming population worldwide and can adopt technologies better than men. Communities may have strong traditional information and knowledge-sharing approaches, as well as trust-based marketing relationships with traders, and your agribusiness must promote the continuation of such traditional practices.

5. Work with existing service providers
Based on your business location, you may want to use the network widely used by your intending customer. My location Airtel works just fine plus they have CUG that allows groups to communicate at cheaper rates. Also you can connect with freelancer ICT agents to do small jobs at affordable rates. Avoid looking for free services always.

6. Train your agents/freelancers
If you must succeed in agribusiness services you have to recruit and train all agents. Remember they must not all be in the present location. All you need is information in specified location and so need people in those location. For instance, a guy in Jos can be connected to give information about price of agricultural produce needed by a Fast food outlet in GRA Port-harcourt.
To increase our food security status, it is important to be a value chain actor along all agricultural produce. Technology and agriculture have a lot of synergy underutilized in Africa. Find one chain and pin it.

Tanx sir

mrphysics:
I have written a work on homesteading, also some on Paleo diet, these have some relationship to Agriculture, notwithstanding, as a freelance writer especially a starter, you shouldn't limit yourself to a particular field. I read physics but there is no field I can't write something meaningful on

Good evening to you sir i am an agriculture graduate waiting for my service i have passion for what i study,so i said let me ask sir ,can i translate this my passion to freelance writting mainly agric based,thanks in anticipation

mrphysics:
I don't have that knowledge, due to my schedule, I haven't even had time for Iwriter, but they will be a way to withdraw your money without PayPal

Pls i would be grateful if u replied my quote thanks .

naijacutee:
Thanks for pointing that out. Shareable buttons are not at the bottom of posts! Share away! :-)

naijacutee:
First of all, I would say you need that laptop. Even if you have to borrow to get a laptop, and work out of a cafe, do it. Treat this as seriously as you would treat a job. If you have the time and the willingness to learn, there are at least 15 different bankable skills you can learn, and not have to carry your CV from door to door. You will be able to pitch for jobs online and get paid your own rates in mostly USD.

Obviously you need to be good at what you do to command higher rates, but in the meantime, you mughg even be able to get paid while your learning. You can even decide to test the waters before making your mind up on what skill to pick.

All you need to do is:

1. Sign up on freelance websites (odesk, pph, guru, upwork) and look for small, specific tasks you can do, or learn quite easily.
2. Pick one task with over 20 job requests. A lot of requests for this task means that there is demand for the said skill.
3. Search for as many resources as you can and learn to do this task.
4. Start adding more resources to your knowledge pool, and learn to do similar related tasks.
5. Grow and kick ass

Here are specific things you can learn to do that bring in money:
Graphic design
1. Logo design
2. Banner design
3. Infographics design
4. Powerpoint presentations design
5. Business cards and letter heads
6. Brochures, magazines, menus
7. leaflets and posters
8. Animations
(Web development)
9. Building sites with Wordpress
10. PSD to Wordpress conversions
11. UI mock ups
12. Ecommerce site designs
13. Fixing issues
14. SEO
(Copy writing)
15. Writing articles
16. Proofreading articles
17. Transcribing audio recordings
18. Social media management
Video
19. Video editing

You will find more resources here: http://www.unchainable.com/24-bankable-skills-you-can-learn-without-going-to-university/

naijacutee good day to you ma.I have been thinking lately ,i am about to graduate from uni . An agric student ,i said let me enquire from experienced freelancers if there are articles on agriculture related fields.I have good working laptop,a computer literate ,internet(my phone can be used as a modem) thanks in anticipation God bless.

AgreatMan:
I need two people who studied Biology or zoology or animal science or plant science. Something that is strictly related to plants and animals. Just so you know, I can actually do this myself but I need an input of a "technocrat." I will give you a rough outline, you will go back and create a table of content, we agree on it, and you can start writing. Money will be paid in 3 installments and you will be given something before you start, just to show comitment on my part. What you will be writing on is not difficult, but a bit long. Would you rather do a long and interesting task or a short but impossible task? I am a writer myself, and I know what I will rather pick.

You can check sites, watch youtube videos or read reviews or check your biology textbook but you cannot plagiarize and you must use perfect english. I can check for both of this things in a blink on an eye. The writings will be focused on fun facts. You will also fill an agreement form with an ID card, I really don't need this but I have to do it just in case.

Please, I want only those that have the right background, this job is based on facts and if you write a wrong fact, you are really going to Bleep me up. I will verify everything but I need someone I can trust.

I like round pegs in round holes. I am not like the president of one country that will put a SAN in charge of ministry of power and housing, and put another lawyer in charge of ministry of sports who is busy spended the well spended money.

13k. Sorry, this is not a first come fisrt serve thing as I believe it is not fair, also, a good candiate might turn up late. I guarantee that I can get 50 bids if I take this amount to freelancer but Nigerians are equally brilliant. I will contact people on the first day of next year. robowriter36=@yahoo.=com, (remove the = sign) send anything that could help get the job. thanks all.

Good day to you sir i have been following this thread for days now i am a final year student of crop and env. Protection from a university of agric.(writting my final exams at the moment) , i want to enquire from you sir if there are articles placed on freelancing site that are agriculture related i am not registered yet but taking my time to read through this thread for useful info before i register,I have the basics ,a good laptop,internet connection , a computer literate .Thanks in anticipation sir God bless.

Thanks for the replies ,i was suprised it cost 800 naira per seedling in the ministry of agriculture in benue state .food basket o chai na wa o

No sir those that produce economic trees

4everisaac:
pomologist ie those who studied how to prepare pomo abi?

Sorry i meant pomologist not olericulturist thanks

Good day my fellow nairalanders i decided to ask pawpaw growers in the house this question (dwarf pawpaw )to be precise ,i went to the ministry of agric. To source for pawpaw seedings dwarf variety it was 800 per seedling . So strolling round then i came across this people that sell seedlings in nurseries (olericulturist)same dwarf variety was 600 per seedling .so my question is this are they the same variety or one variety is superior.your contributions will be necessary thanks in anticipation.

Good morning sir i will love to know how you want to go about with the automatic drinkers do you intend buying the equipment or fabricating them yourselves

heryour64:
Working on a new cage also....with automatic drinkers

Mr pavore this project was it done in nigeria

Pavore9:
Very feasible. Involved in a project where the biogas generated from farm and organic market wastes is powering generators.

Wow innovative tips sir thank u

daxlasaint:
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due to financial constraints I hvnt been able to run proper plumbing for my pens, and I have had these drinking nipples for over a month so I just decided to get a drum and attach them to it.... all I hve to do is fill the drum from my well every few days and it functions as good as a standard over head tank. I will try to post better pictures shortly

Sir pls i am finding it hard to decipher the picture content can u explain the idea behinde the water solving tips thanks in anticipation

daxlasaint:
finally solved my water delivery issues... these water nipples are a lifesaver!

It is not pregnant

ejimikeokwu:
please if the gilt is on heat again does it mean no pregnancy because since almost 2weeks now my guilt has been on heat after more than 2 months of mating.
am confused

There is something i have observed with these kenyan farmers they have a well defined marketing strategy they set standards e.g selling in kg .But in my dear country nigeria reverse seem to be the case

Pavore9:
Some are allergic to starting small!

Tanx miss

Divay22:
All the best

That thanksgiving is the key to open door...anytime i wake up i tank God for the Gift of life and also getting to love myself more this year alone i was suprised at the amount of money i made from my small scale buisness ,it was not much though but enough to make me suprise with how far i can go when i focus ,compared to last two years 2014,2016 when i could not stay up to two months without going into a relationship ,i dont plan on going into one now though cos the prospect of this biz is encouraging. plan to accquire loan and scale up .I Look up to God.

Alright sir

tayo52:
u buy pregnancy kit,or beta still after mating your gilt or sow keep the record on the day the boar mount the sow,after 19days start checking If the sow or gilt will come on heat or not

Thanks for the insightful information sir.My question is this it takes pig 114 days for its gestation how can one indicate a 1 month old pregnant sow,thanks in anticipation

tayo52:
we have so many hybrids n crossbreed,the most common ones are largewhite,we have landrace duroc n hermshire and we have this our native breeds as well,or crossbreed as well we also have gene converters n PIC they are the most improved breeds in naija,we have big companies that do import exotic breeds from different countries to naija,like Obj farm Casia farm and the rest, why we don't get much high FCR is becos we don't give them the right feeds n we like cutting corners alot,how many farmers can afford to feed his or her pigs soya and maize? Most farm always want to make atleast 25% or more on each pigs,unlike the white they settle down for 15% profit on each pigs,cos in pig farming feed n maintainance gup upto 85% of your total profits,reason y farmers don't farm this improve breeds are lack of awareness and it expensive,but at the long runz it save time and money,cos they have good FCR(feed convert ratio Is high)it easy but you ask yourself reason y you want to import with the high exchange rate,will I able to make my money back,do I want to venture into AI,is there farms that sells the kind of breeds I want to import to naija already,can I get other breeds that have same quality or characteristics of the breed I want to import in naija at cheaper price here in naija,do I want to be a breeder selling premium weaners,or a breeder selling fattening weaners,this are the questions u ask yourself

Pls how did you get urs i:e ur photochemical tray ,can local fabrication be done thanks in advance

Yommiefish:
You need a photo-chemical tray and a system that works.

Op nice article i am trying to create a green house fodder system for my rabbitry but mould infection is really disturbing my system

Ogbeni ki lan se e gan all d way 4rm romance u come agric section leave agric section dey go ur romance section o

austinereds:
Do u sell akara?

Chairman that 1 na dem o as for me 1 naira i no give i dey pray make dem scrape m sef that will give me time to move ma farm biz go another level #start small think big

Cutehector:
Which will result in HODs accepting bribes from PCMs inorder for their names to be added in the list.

Man m in ma final yr 500lvl agronomy its the best thing that ever happen to me being a stakeholder in the agric sector and quit the excuse about land unavailability and not liking the course bla bla bla u we all in control of our destinies bro 4get no be by medicine oh and by the way i have never seen that scenario of an agric student getting d.e in med dt stuff only happen in dreamland

Mr pavore and vegetable threads are like 5 and 6 .lol i greet u sir

Pavore9:
Impressive, hoping to see cabbage, lettuce etc very soon!

Sir igoche i see

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