₦airaland Forum

lorddskillz:
Good evening beautiful people.
I am a final year Chemical Engr student in need of corn cobs for a research project. If you can assist me in getting or if you have for sale.
Please reach me on af.abdulkareem@gmail.com or 07084959144

The driver has been calling your no. We have been trying your line. There is nobody to collect from him at the park. He is loading back to Saki this morning. I pray you see this on time to meet him. Please get in touch with him soon as possible

mercylicious:
Hahahah.
I saw this coming.
Farm manager cum consultant things. Sure money.
I have vowed not to 'spoil biz ' for ppl here cos ppl will not hear when they are told.

Nairaland farmers Na something else.
You keep seeing millions quotations that never come to reality.
Farm is not as easy and lucrative as they all paint it.
1 million from an acre!!!!!
Yet rural farmers are wallowing in poverty.
Nice pictures and packaging here and there
Paper work that is not realistic
May God help us

oluks05:
Thanks, wld sure contact you when the time is right.

You are welcome

Alpha2k:
PART 3
PROJECTED MONTHLY SALES:
Sale is projected at between 500k to N1m imonthly starting from August to October 2015.
R.O.I.
August harvest:
Investor 50%.
Farmer 30%.
Running cost 20%.
September harvest:
Investor 40%.
Farmer 40%.
Running cost 20%.
October harvest:
Investor 50%.
Farmer 50%.
End of season.
.
For inspection, MOU & visiting: monday - sunday. 7am - 7pm.
Austin (farmer) 09050568071.

1. Is the ROI of N500k to N1m per month or for the period of 3month?
2. Are we planting in batches on the one acre or planting once?
3. How do we harvest to have 50%, 40% and 50% respectively in August, September and October.
4. Who is the farmer and how is the farmer involve ?
5. I would also love to know how you calculate the yield in bags, tonnes or kilo with the expected price in August, September and October. This will help me in calculating the ROI by myself.
Still apologising for the long questions.
Thank you

Alpha2k:
PART 2
METHOD:
The process require the use of grow bags and Bamboo staking on one acre.
COST:
Land preparation 30k.
Bamboo post 40k.
10,000 Loaded growbags 100k.
Agrochemicals 20k.
Seeds & fertilizer 10k.
Farm asst salary (2 months) 40k.
Logistics 10k.
Total estimate: 250k.

Great work at OP but please help me with some questions as someone that want to invest.
1. Why are you using growbags? And not planting directly?
2. What type of soil did you put in the grow bag? Is it treated soil, just any soil, loamy or sandy soil.
3. How do you intend to water the cucumber considering the irrationality of rainfall?
Is there a well nearby or borehole?
Is it drip irrigation or sprinkler?
Is it hand wetting?
4. What type of land preparation is 30k?. I meant is it uprooting of trees or clearing and burning? Is it ploughable land?
5. What quantity of bamboo do you source at N40,000? 100 pieces or more
6. What type of staking are you looking at?
7. How much with fixing the bamboo cost?
8. How many pieces of bamboo will an acre require?
9. What type of sack are you using. Is it the recomended one or an alternative source?
10. Whats the name of the agrochemicals? What will be the application rate? per week or per month or everyday? What quantity will i be using?
Is it Liquid fertilizer or NPK? Is it organic or conventional?
11. Which brand of seed are we using? Hybrid or open field? Whats the quantity requirements in grams per acre? How long did it take to germinate? What is the colour of the cucumber?
12. Is it only one farm assistance?
Will he be the one to handle the labour work for the one acre?
Or we will later need more hands.
13. Is the 10k logistic for a month or two month?
14. What will be the yield of the cucumber in tonnes or kilo or in bag?
How do we sell the cucumber?
Who are the expected buyers?
Will they come and buy on the farm or we transport to them?
What is the distance of the farm to the nearest market?
15. What will be expected price of our products if its peak period or low petiod of sales.

Sorry for the long story. But once bitten twice shy. One needs to be very very careful especially with nairaland farmers.

We have trainings schedule for July, September and November.
However I admire your brothers courage in wanting to get his hands dirty.
He can join us anytime he is ready.
People are always on the farm.
Currently, the May trainees has started their farm.
He is highly welcome

oluks05:
Pls I hope there is one scheduled for october o! My bro is graduating in september and he wld love to get his hands "dirty" before going for service in november I guess. By the way do you take in youth coppers? Or is there any big farm in your vicinity that does? He doesn't mind working( doing his youth service) there without pay, its the experience that count. You are doing a great job. God bless u!

We have been contacted by some agribusiness organisation to referred candidates that we could vouch for their performance to them.
Companies in Lagos and Ogun State.

jethro2:
2ND FARM2MARKET VEGETABLE TRAINING When you pay N25,000 for a month training,
you automatically have:
1. Access to half acre of ploughable land to plant vegetable for a year free which will be allocated immediately after the one month training
2. Accommodation of shared hotel room has been arranged for participant to stay for a month
3. Seed will be given for you to pay at harvest
4. You can only plant vegetables
5. We will help to sell your vegetables if you follow the good agricultural practise that we will all learn during the training
6. You must participate in vegetable training for minimum of a month
7. No fertilizer will be given. We will teach on how to make your own organic fertilizer and you can easily buy the inorganic fertilizer and organic if you want
8. You will pay for your tractor usage which is N3,000 per acre at the LGA. Trainee will take care of their farm labour
9. You get to feed yourself throughout the period
10. You will take care of the farm land given to you but we will provide technical support throughout your planting period.
11. We take care of your accommodation for a month.
12. Alternative accommodation is been arranged for trainee to take care of themselves after the one month if they choose to stay
13. We only have space for 30 trainee for the month of July
14. Its on first pay first participating basis
15. Participant should prepare for real farm work.
Training dates July 6th - July 31st
Where Ago Amodu Saki East LGA of Oyo State
Contact no 08064688501
Do have a lovely day

July training will be starting on the 6th of July. Registration has started. We have job placement with some agribusiness company when you successfully pass through the training

Registration for the next training has commenced.
Training starts on the 6th of July.
Please ensure you made payment before coming.
Thank you.

jethro2:
2ND FARM2MARKET VEGETABLE TRAINING When you pay N25,000 for a month training,
you automatically have:
1. Access to half acre of ploughable land to plant vegetable for a year free which will be allocated immediately after the one month training
2. Accommodation of shared hotel room has been arranged for participant to stay for a month
3. Seed will be given for you to pay at harvest
4. You can only plant vegetables
5. We will help to sell your vegetables if you follow the good agricultural practise that we will all learn during the training
6. You must participate in vegetable training for minimum of a month
7. No fertilizer will be given. We will teach on how to make your own organic fertilizer and you can easily buy the inorganic fertilizer and organic if you want
8. You will pay for your tractor usage which is N3,000 per acre at the LGA. Trainee will take care of their farm labour
9. You get to feed yourself throughout the period
10. You will take care of the farm land given to you but we will provide technical support throughout your planting period.
11. We take care of your accommodation for a month.
12. Alternative accommodation is been arranged for trainee to take care of themselves after the one month if they choose to stay
13. We only have space for 30 trainee for the month of July
14. Its on first pay first participating basis
15. Participant should prepare for real farm work.
Training dates July 6th - July 31st
Where Ago Amodu Saki East LGA of Oyo State
Contact no 08064688501
Do have a lovely day

08064688501.

securi:
Jethro2 our mentor,
Just remember you got these pawpaw seeds about 7 months ago.Am sure the pawpaw plantation is doing well.Can you share pls share with us the present status? I am keen on trying the pawpaw.

I didnt eventually plant the seed.

omo1201:
Can anyone to find where to buy Garri frying
Machine in Nigeria

IITA Ibadan has it. But i advise you go for local. The garri can never be as good as local ones.
Best regard

lorddskillz:
Good evening beautiful people.
I am a final year Chemical Engr student in need of corn cobs for a research project. If you can assist me in getting or if you have for sale.
Please reach me on af.abdulkareem@gmail.com or 07084959144

Come and pack them free of charge. I hope the dry ones

The 2nd phase of the training will be starting by July 6th. Its a month practical training. The May participants has started that choose to stay have started their pilot vegetable farms.
You ve got no excuse not to start.
Time and tides wait for no one
Make the call
08064688501.
First come first serve basis

1. Prepare the crops
a. Select the land
b. Work the soil
c. Sow and plant



a. Select the land:
What type of soil does the crop require?
The ph of the soil: Is it alkaline or acidic?
Is it sandy or loamy soil?
The organic content of the soil?
The history: What was previously planted?


b. Work the soil
Bedmaking : Flatbed or ridges
Solarisation/ sterilization
Enriching the organic content with manure
Removing the debris
loosening the soil

c. Sow and Plant
Sowing: Is it rows or broadcasting?
Depth of sowing
Distance within and between rows
protective measures for insects
protective covering if its nursery

As an intending farmer, its not advisable to start with loan.
There are lot of unforseen circumstances in agriculture.
For instance, rain usually begins from March and at worst April.
But this year was exceptional, nit until May ending and even June in some places.
Manage with what you have.
Start small
Grow big
My 2 cent

Bhurlagy:
How do i apply the dongoyaro fluid,i mean the quantity to mix in the 16 litre spraying tank.

Depends on the population of insects disturbing your pepper farm. If you use a mild mixture and the insects are still there.
Then increase the concentration.
Dongoyaro is neem tree.
You can google neem fertilizer for more info

Bhurlagy:
Words cant express how happy i am on your quick response. Pls ma,how do i apply this Furadan(am a student of YABDI Abeokuta,doing chilli pepper presently on 4 plots. I love to farm tomato but missed your theory session).

Applying furadan:
Make a circle around the root of pepper of about 0.5cm distance. Apply furadan to form a ring or circle around the root

Bhurlagy:
Thanks alot ma,am talking about controlling tse-tse flies on chilli pepper.

The local method: Get some dongoyaro seed. Grind and soak in water for a week or more. Sieve the content and use the water as insecticide to spray the chilli pepper.
2. Plant basil leave intervally within the pepper farm.

Common method.
Use insecticide.
But over time insects becomes resistance to the insecticide.

Best is to keep trying different methods

sthugo:
Please share more light on the harvest...what are the envisage profit in what intervals..thanks

Please don't go into farming with that mentality of harvest first.
I think you should be more concerned about the work that needs to be input.
There are lit uncontrollable factors involve in farming.
How do you control rain, sun, temperature, relative humidity etc
Please learn the basics which might take some time before plunging in.
My 2cents

Bhurlagy:
Thanks Madam Jethro2,how do i sterilize or solarize the soil. Whats the cause if the big tse-tse flies are always on the pepper leaves.

To sterilize; You cook the soil to a very high temperature. This will kill all the remnants nematodes eggs from the previous season planting.
Solarise; During the preparation of the soil after ploughing you leave it to receive maximum sunlight for minimum of 2 weeks or more.
Tsetse fly/ white fly: Some hybrid tomatoes are resistance to this

Bhurlagy:
I only apply insecticide and fungicide on the pepper. Am using dried poultry manure as fertilizer.

Fungicide can be use to treat the soil before planting eg Furadan.

@ Bhurlagy.
Once the foundation is wrong the house can not stand.
Vegetables are very delicates and one needs to get it right from the begining.
Your Soil is very important.
You need to know the history of the soil before planting.
By history i meant what was planted there before.
Steps in raising a healthy plant include but not limited to:
1. Treat the soil by sterilization or solarisation. Both nursery beds and the field
2. Use poultry waste or other organic content to revive the soil
3. Use resistance seed
4. Nursery management is very essential.
5. Regular and consistence watering.
6. Use net to protect against insects.

The possibility of having a healthy annd productive plant greatly reduced if any of the step is omitted.

Its hard and by luck for vegetables to recover or survive once they are infected.

Prevention is better than cure really applies to vegetables especially tomatoes.

Its one of the most delicate crop to plant.

I hope you are able to salvage some of your plants?

I also hope this help to some extent even if its coming late.

Best of luck

Bhurlagy:
Pls answer my question @ Olamimo. How do i control/treat the soil which i planted pepper of nematode or termite infestion. Also when and how do i apply dry poultry manure(am practising organic farming).

Bhurlagy:
Thanks for your quick response to my question. Pls kindly help on this question,how can i rectify pepper leave weakenin(sorry for usin dis word as i dnt knw how best to describe it)bt in yoruba lang. ewe ata nro bi pe o fe ku.

Bhurlagy:
Sorry to derail your thread but a quick solution is needed. The leaves of some stands in my pepper farm is still folding even after i have applied fungicide(Z FORCE by name). Pls i need solution house.(note am using only dried poultry manure as fertilizer)

Bhurlagy:
Sorry to derail your thread but a quick solution is needed. The leaves of some stands in my pepper farm is still folding even after i have applied fungicide(Z FORCE by name). Pls i need solution house.(note am using only dried poultry manure as fertilizer)

Bhurlagy:
Sorry to derail your thread but a quick solution is needed. The leaves of some stands in my pepper farm is still folding even after i have applied fungicide(Z FORCE by name). Pls i need solution house.(note am using only dried poultry manure as fertilizer)

How did you treat your soil?. What have you applied or have been applying in term of fertilizer etc

noblefarm:
pls can tomatoes b planted directly?

No. Tomato can not be planted directly because the seed are very delicate and needs the utmost care at the right condition to survive

Pavore9:
Supermarkets do visit farms to verify their process for quality control. The customer picks as much he/she wants and go weigh it. l always pick about 400gm of okra which l pay N100 for, it happens to be the same quantity l buy in open markets in Lagos for the same N100 but in a better atmosphere!

Better atmosphere!!!!
That's what we lack here
We hope to get there some day
We are working towards that

Pavore9:
While here, Okra, Ata rodo, green, shoko, ewedu is more guaranteed to be found in the veggie section of supermarkets than in the open market. Weighing ewedu on the scale still make me laugh!

That's interesting.
Wish we can upgrade the Nigeria farmers to that level. We don't have measurement, grade/scale or packaging for vegetables.
There is currently no standard market for fresh vegetables. People scouts every where

karlxavier:
Good day, what is the expected turnover like?

Turnover on what?

Pavore9:
While l am buying a kilo of Okra at the Supermarket for N250!

Okro is mostly sold in the open market in Nigeria. Hardly will you see supermarket selling okro.

OLAMIMO12:
Thanks Jethro. I have planted my test plot 4days ago. I will post some pictures soon. About the packaging, 3kg bags will be scarce. Any other alternative pls?

There are specific bags for the packaging and specific variety demanded by the market.
The general tiwantiwa (local) okro variety are sold in baskets.
The variety will be determine by the packaging and the market

God please help my people
Send them reprieve unexpected

I am worried that the news has been silent on this.
Who will save my people?
When will help come?
Back to work on empty stomach.
The workers were threatened to resume or lose their job