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Hitv Breaks Dstv Monopoly, A Good Score For Nigeria Entrepreneurs

Monopoly in Nigeria’s pay-television industry hitherto enjoyed by South Africa’s Multic-hoice, owners of DSTV, was finally broken yesterday when an indigenous firm, Enterta-inment Highway Limited (HITV), began commercial broadcast in Lagos. Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr), who was the special guest at the launch also described as “ridiculous, exploitative and unacceptable”, a situation where Nigerians pay the highest rate for Pay-TV services in any part of the world.

HITV is a wireless digital terrestrial platform that has no limit on the channels it can broadcast and is starting with 24 channels including CNN, BBC World, LBC International, Al Jazeera, God Africa, MTV Base, Fox Sports and Nicke-lodeon. It also has specially created channels like Hi-Sports, Hi-Ovation, Hi-Nolly, Nigezie, Hi-KIDS, Hi-Mix and Hi-Biz.

The direct-to-home entertainment service provider, HITV, made history late last year when it won the right to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) to its Nigerian subscribers. The implication of this is that from August, South Africa’s DSTV would no longer broadcast EPL to its Nigerian subscribers. The company already has rights to broadcast other football leagues including La Liga, Spanish League, Euro 2008 qualifiers, among others.

The Managing Director/Chef Executive Officer of HITV, Mr. Toyin Subair said at the launch that “the achievement of HITV is nothing to be boastful about, but seen as tool to create value, develop the minds of Nigerians and to sell Nigeria’s uniqueness to the world.”

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African honey bee for cash
By S.E.C. Eleke


The African Honeybee is a potential money spinner. Apiary or bee-keeping is cost effective, less demanding of land space and time. It is adaptable to our local environment, Above all, an investor could start with N60, 000 with the possibility of earning about N3 million annually.

Apart from honey, there are other derivatives from bee viz: bee wax, propolice and bee venom.

Uses of products
Medicinal cough syrup, bee wax candle, bee wax based on propolice are among the products obtainable from processed honey.

In modern agriculture, bees pollinate crops such as mangoes, avocadoes, apples cucumbers, water melon, carrots and cabbages among other plants. These, if added to the revenue accruable to the farmer from honey and other derivatives, speak volumes of the enterprise. From field reports, there is practical demonstration and evidence that when bee-keeping or apiary is combined with plantation farming, there is about 80 per cent reduction in flower abortion and crop yield has increased to about 200 per cent. This has made the use of chemical to control flower abortion unnecessary.

Markets
Honey is used for a variety of things: as a drug and in medicines such as expectorants, as beverage and as sweeteners for those who abstain from sugar consumption. It is used to preserve the living and the dead, eaten in various forms by the living and used to embalm the dead.



In an organised system of apiary, the farmer in an area can increase his/her yield via avoidance of flower abortion by renting bees from other farmers for the purpose of pollination.

Profit
There is unlimited market within the country and abroad for processed honey. Two Israelis who visited Nigeria recently revealed as follows: David Gertial said:"You have the most ideal conditions for bee-keeping either as hobby or as commercial venture". His reasons are based on this premise: There are abundant flowers, fantastic weather, two high seasons (when you can harvest honey) and Nigeria is free from every known malady of bee-keeping worldwide, which Nigeria can exploit.

Another Israeli-Ami Maimise said that bee venom, a derivative of honey alone, sells for about $10,000 per gram. Gertial added that he alone produces between 600 and 700kg of bee wax every year.

Bee wax is used for making cosmetics and candles. Gertial said further that he has about 700 beehives and that honey brings over $10m to his country from the activities of apiary operators in his country. His government realizes $10m (US) dollars as taxes from apiary operators. That is, in the desert land of Israel. On the home front, it is not difficult to establish and sustain an apiary since the farmer does not have to be around all the time. The investor could embrace this proposal as subsistence, commercial or industrial operator. Complete guidance on establishing an apiary and running it profitably is available


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Start grasscutter farming, join the millionaire’s club
BY SEYE ADENIYI

   
A pen supervisor with the grasscutters.IF you are one of those that is interested in agriculture and does not know which aspect to invest in, then this report is for you.


Also if you are a livestock farmer who has had unpleasant experiences in the past and now looking for solace in other aspect of livestock farming which will be stress-free with maximum profit; this news will also enlighten you.


A prominent crop and grasscutter farmer in Ibadan, Mr. Ade Olayiwola has advised people wishing to go into farming to invest in grasscutter business rather than focusing their attention on other low income business, hinging his recommendation on the fact the cane rat, as grasscutter is also called is a stress-free, profitable venture that will stimulate fast income without having to go to bed with one eye opened like say poultry business.


The grasscutter farmer in an interview with Tribune Agriculture in his explained that though grasscutter farming is not as popular in Nigeria like other animals or livestock farming, nonetheless, it is a reliable fast income generating venture that many is yet to realize. “It is more assuring than poultry business which could bring fortune to you in the day, but could also bring unexpected problem suddenly to the extent that if care is not taken, one may run into serious financial crisis as well as other problems, he declared.”


He also described grasscutter meat as a good, nutritious and medicinal delicacy for hypertensive patient in almost all the countries in the west Africa sub-region with the meat now receiving higher attention and prices compared to beef, poultry and goat meat (i.e. chevon).


“I advise any retiree or any individual looking for viable, profitable farming venture to go into grasscutter farming. Even President Obasanjo is now a grasscutter farmer. He realised the forture in it and has invested heavily in it. As a producer of domesticated grasscutter meat, you are already a silent millionaire as I am also. It is not a child’s play but a reality and I encourage many people to join the millionaire’s club and take good advantage of the large market for this products, which few of us in it cannot meet the growing demand of the meat, he stated.”


General description of grasscutter
Grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) also known as canerat among some people is one of the best animals now domesticated in Nigeria as well as in other sub-Sahara part of Africa. With grasscutter farming, income generation and making from the initial establishment would continue to accumulate because it is fast generation of income.
The animal has many traditional names depending on the tribe. Among the Yorubas, it is known as Oya, while some people called it Obije, Nohi as well as Gafya. It is a heavy, compact and the largest African rodent after the porcupine (Hystrix Cristata).


When fully grown, the body length varies between 42 and 58cm. its tail measure between 22 and 25cm and standing height is between 23 to 30cm. The average adult weight is 3kg for female and 4.5kg for adult males.


Speaking about grasscutter domestication, Mr. Ade Olayiwola said farmers or new entrants are advised to start with two families. A family consists of one male to four females. “In all, farmers can start with eight females and two males (i.e. ten in all) because of various risks.


Housing: Grasscutters are neat animals that lives in a room and parlour. “Where they eat, they will not sleep there. Therefore the house should be neat and be cleansed every day which will assist their best performance.


They can be bred either in cages, under an intense management system or in a walled enclosure under a semi-intense management system. For example, for five animals, (i.e. 4 females and 1 male), the dimension of the cage should be 180cm in length, 60cm in breadth and 45cm high).


Also the production building must be designed to protect the animals from extreme of temperature and humidity. Predators and thieves must also be waded off from their house.


The house should also facilitate breeding management operations. It should encourage and facilitate easy monitoring and proper surveillance of the herd and optimum allocation of food.


   



Feeding: They are herbivorous animals whose source of food is basically 70 to 80 per cent from the forest. Their major food is Elephant or Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum). They also love to eat certain gramineous plant with thick succulent stalks such as Sugar cane (saccharum spp), Guinea grass (Panicum maximum), Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus), Congo grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis as well as dried leaf of Leucaena Seucocephala i.e. hybrid tamarind.


The animal also like Gliricidia sepium, herbaceous legumes like Stylo (Stylosanthes gracilis) and Pueraria phaseoloides. “The root and pitch of oil and coconut palms, bark of the anacardium and fruits such as half ripen pawpaw, plantain, pineapple, mango etc are their delight. Food crops such as groundnut, rice, maize, grain legume, tubers like cassava, sweet potato etc also make part of their food, stressed the grasscutter farmer.”


The farmer also stated that grasscutter feed on palm wine and that is why they destroy oil palm plantation. “They take their water mostly from the field and go to the river during the dry season only. But when domesticated, you can give them water by adding some attractant to it. Cane rate it should be noted does not dig a hole and cannot climb a tree either, he further stressed.”


They can also be fed with formulated concentrates like pellet as well as other processing by-products like wheat bran, corn bran, groundnut, soya, oilseed, cotton seed cakes, brewer yeast, grain legume pods, brewers’ grains, maize shucks and cobs, brewer’s yeast etc as feed supplements.


Enemies of domesticated grasscutter - They dislike cold environment. The temperature of their house should be between 20 to 250C. Soldier ants and snake should be prevented from coming near their pen. This can be achieved by digging hole/ditches round the pen, filled with water and engine oil poured in the water to prevent the invasion of soldier ants and other predators.


Choice of breeding stock - As grasscutter is domesticated solely for their meat, the main emphasis however should be placed on good weight gain in male animals. Also the criteria applied in the choice of breeding animals will depend on the production environment.


The male is the one that always carry the genetic power, therefore a healthy, strong, agile male animal should be selected for breeding programmes. “If the female is not genetically healthy , the breeding stocks is not okay and the best production programme cannot be achieved.


The ratio of male to female should be one to four (i.e. one male can serve four females). Animals can be mated at the age of between seven to eight months from birth depending on the body weight. Usually a male grasscutter is ready for breeding purpose in seven months.


Gestation period - After mating, the female grasscutter carries the pregnancy for 150 days. They can deliver twice a year at the average of five to seven kids per birth. But maximally, they can deliver up to 10 kids.


Weaning time - With good, adequate feeding, the grasscutter kids can be weaned between four to eight weeks. But as a family, they can be with the mother for four months. The kids can be separated from the mother between five to seven months and place with a male to ride them.


The weaned animals can be mated at the age of between seven to eight months from birth. Indefinite mating is expected to have taken place when the weaned male grasscutter is seven months old and the female is eight months. The indefinite mating period is 140days. But if after 160 days of separation from the male, there is still no sign of pregnancy , then it should be taken back to the male for proper mating. Usually there should also be an extra male that can serve the same purpose.


Sources of income - With their ratio of birth, the males are always many than the female in the reproduction cycle. Hygiene and good feeding are the most important factors for successful, profitably venture. You can also fatten the male with broiler’s finisher or broiler starter’s feed to help attain market weight within short period of time. A male grasscutter can be sold for between N4,000 to N5,000.


Another source of income is from the culled adult animal (either male or female). Farmer can also make money from bad mothers which can be detected through record keeping.
Money can also be generated in grasscutter farming through training of new entrants into the business. For example, a day training programme for new entrant cannot not be less than N3,000 per head, and a minimum of between N10,000 to N15,000 per head per week which will expose the entrants to basic management knowledge in grasscutter business.


Delivery boxes for grasscutter which cost between N3,500 to N4,000 per one is also a source of income and employment for both farmers and carpenter respectively. Consultancy is another source of income, while grasscutter trapper/catcher could also bring money for the farmers. Grasscutter infrastructure is also a good source of income and employment. As a farmer, you can engage the services of both carpenters and welders for the housing, which can be sold to new entrants.


General information - There is no veterinary medicine for grasscutter at present. The standard housing measurement should be 8-meter square and 0.6 meters in height. Farmers can generate extra income from the construction of modern feeding and water trough, which if well designed and produced can bring money throughout the year.
Grasscutter are very good swimmer. They don’t dig hole, neither can they climb. They eat less and waste a lot.



   
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