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joyoftheearth:
Feel free to reach out if you are interested in becoming a member of the group.

That's right. Hiked price because of limited supply.

OJURONGBE1:
If your harvest come in between March till August. You'll be smiling to the bank steady.

There is market for even more than that especially if you harvest during the off season.

Nezzjnr:
When you mentioned 80 acres... I was shocked... Is there really market for it

Good idea. Start small and build on it.

Nezzjnr:
Thanks a lot boss

I really appreciate

I intend starting small then to grow

Nezzjnr:
What are you using for irrigation

We are currently not using Irrigation.

Yep. It does consume money but It gets cheaper on second round.

Adasun:
Mehn,dis farming is consuming money like madt.9ice one op

Although we started with 40 acres but decided to expand to 80 acres, we should be finishing up with planting later this month or early next month.

Feel free to reach out if you are interested in becoming a member of the group.

We are still planting our remaining acres but rain has started

I am sorry to hear that you were scammed by legsupnigeria. Maybe you can make another thread to share your experience. In my dealing with him, he was pretty open and seems to have good recommendation around here. Of course, everyone still need to do their own leg work.

Atlanticfire:
Yes, it wastes your time and destroys your plans and confidence. But as long as you don't give up one might still make it successful.

I laughed when you recommended legsupnigeria for land, that was the 1st guy to scam me through agric on Nairaland. Maybe he is more matured and repentant now, but don't get involved with or recommend people who can get you into trouble.

Sorry to hear this. It's even more painful with perennial crops when you have wasted money and precious time.

Atlanticfire:
Nice that the seeds come from NIFOR. That is what Nigerians should be doing, get real hybrid seeds from the recommended distributors and sprout them and sell to the public and have evidence of the source of the seeds to give to your buyers.

The only problem I have with your post is that you use the word "some folks" it is not some folks, it is very many folks. They advertise on Nairaland, through whatsapp and facebook claiming to be selling hybrid seeds and duping people.

I lost a lot of money trying to get hybrid pawpaw seeds and only realised lately that they are simply getting f2 seeds from germinated F1 plants and selling such F2 seeds as F1 seeds. I spoke to one of the folks doing this and the fool did not even know the difference between F1 and F2 seeds.

Some other folks I have spoken to know the difference between F1 and F2 but are simply preying on the ignorance of people to sell them f2 seeds and seedlings in place of F1 seeds.

If I were resident in Nigeria at the time of the purchase, I would have driven down to see and investigate the seeds I am buying before parting with my money.

I am also at loss as to what to do with 1000 stands of so called hybrid bananas I planted after buying it from a renowned seed seller on Nairaland. He sent me pictures of massive bunch sizes as evidence of what the yield will look like from the banana at maturity, 3 years down the line, I did not get any useful yield from the banana.

If you are abroad don't go into farming as the sole or major financer of the project in Nigeria, the people are either too incompetent or too fraudulent to be trusted with your hard earned money and left without close supervision.

I have full confidence in the seller as F1 but like you will see in my previous post, everyone should do their due diligence before parting with your hard earned money. Just like the guy that was trying to buy land, I recommended but said do your own background work. Always buy from the trusted source like NIFOR or test and trusted farmers.

Atlanticfire:
Be very careful what tree seedlings that you promote. Lots of deception going on in the sales of seedlings and suckers.

How did you confirm that the seedling that you are promoting is actually hybrid?
Who certified it as hybrid?

Some folks just take seeds from hybrid plants, sprout them and claim that the resulting seedlings are hybrids and sell to unsuspecting buyers who would not know that they have been duped until years later when the plants start producing and they don't get the expected hybrid performance.

If anyone in diaspora is interested in joining the group, email us with your phone number.

joyoftheearth:
At this point, it is quite clear that Agriculture is the future of Nigeria and Africa as whole with the dwindling oil revenue. Making good business in Agriculture will present its own set of challenges even more for those of us in diaspora with the issue of who to trust and knowledge acquisition.

To introduce myself, I am currently into Plantain and Pig farming. I also currently reside outside Nigeria but have farm in Ogun state. Please introduce yourself in the thread.

We have a WhatsApp group for current and intending farmers in diaspora to discuss, share ideas, ask questions and exchange knowledge. You can join our group by sending an email about yourself with phone number to diasporafarmers@gmail.com. I will add you to the group.

I am not considering intercrop with cocoa at the moment maybe sometimes in the future.

orlabass:
you are doing a great job,have you able to get suckers..i have a good breed of suckers am in ibadan at cocoa research institute you can visit to confim or check my page here ,also why are you not considering to intercrop cocoa with your plantains on some acres...

Thanks for the input. Yes, we left those trees in place to hold off heavy wind. I know we will still take a hit but this should reduce the impact.

OJURONGBE1:
In as much as this is laudable, I will like you to narrow your expectations down a little because of the usual wind catastrophe. That disaster can send a farm owner to the hospital bed in a split second. I like the fact that you have mapped out plan on how to curtail that by leaving those palm trees, they will take some of the hit when an heavy wind blows.
The good thing is you'll be smiling to the bank weekly if your harvest comes in between March till August. Depending on how big the bunches are, a dozen can go as high as 16k in the local market , now imagine how much you'll get at Mile 12 in Lagos .
Wish you a favorable plantain season.

Regards
An experienced farmer.

Weed is everyone already . We are preparing to clear and interplant.

A lot of farms in the west are inherited. The regulation is also very tough.

Nigerfine3:
Where I live, it’s far from the areas you can farm. Their farms are very big and that instead of small farm you bettter get a paid job. The regulations are tough also. Some farmers inherited it from family.

We have 6k seedling available.

joyoftheearth:
If anyone is interested in mature Hybrid Tenera palm oil seedling, we have a group member that wants to sell at a very good price of 300 naira.

If anyone is interested in mature Hybrid Tenera palm oil seedling, we have a group member that wants to sell at a very good price of 300 naira.

It means it cost to do farming while meeting regulation. Price of acre depends on location. You can look it up online.

excanny:
What do u mean by expensive regulation and zoning?

What would be the cheapest cost of an acre of agricultural land in US?

America has land but with strict expensive regulation and zoning. This is why single farmers are closing shops across US and forming co-operatives. Also, whats the point of farming here when you dont have as much opportunity as in Africa.

excanny:
I understand the case of Europe because of the small land mass.

Does this also apply to America with abundant land mass too?

I will recommend legsupnigeria but please do your homework. I dont want to hear stories please.

joshi24:
I will really appreciate that

loschivatos is right. It is super duper expensive over here. You have to borrow money from bank if you qualify even then the market is saturated with products and farmers losing money. Africa is an expanding green field that require much less capital.

excanny:
Sorry, I will like to ask. Why don't you guys farm where you are based?


Is it difficult to set up a farm over there?


Are regulations tough? Are such businesses reserved for only for natives?


Have been wondering on this for a while. Hope I can get some understanding on it.

I was able to secure my current suckers at way less than that. I understand if cost of transportation is included. Am in Ogun

Hasib04:
I sell healthy sucker one per #100, but I can reduce the price it depends on how many sucker you want.

ABK is my location.

Should I drop my digit or we should negotiate through email?

I do not sell land directly but I can recommended reputable farming veteran here on Nairaland that can help you secure one. You will still need to do your own background work.

joshi24:
I need same

Unfortunately, I have heard many stories like this. A major source of pain for those not on ground is trust and management but some people have been able to make it work successfully. We can share lessons learned with each other.

loschivatos:
Tried(in proxy) many times got my fingers burnt. but not giving up, only paused till I can stay more time and handle things myself because is not just about biz/making money is about passion. I want to live and enjoy it.

Following.

waleyp:
I need angel investor in fish farming

At this point, we are only into sharing knowledge and tips not investing.

joshi24:
Planting both maize and plantain together is it healthy for the plantain to grow fine

My understanding and research points that they should be fine but plantain harvest will be delayed by a month or two when interplanting plantain and maize.

joshi24:
The land was it bought or on lease if bought how much does it cost

It was bought at 100k/acre.

Hasib04:
I can get you suckers sir.

How much is your suckers per dozen and where are you located?

joyoftheearth:
Hello everyone,
I have been one of those people that lurk around Nairaland Agric section enjoying wealth of information from other farmers and hoping to start mine one day. I have taken a plunge and I will be discussing my journey on this thread as much as I can. To start with, the cost of acquiring land, we were able to acquire about 40 acres in Ogun and have since began operation. We started with clearing which was surprisingly very expensive and came with its own challenges. Out of the 40 acres, we have only been able to clear 20 acres and we have planted the 8 acres before the whole coronavirus lockdown began. We are having issue getting workers now because many of them have gone back to their hometown and wont return anytime soon. We are now pivoting to tractor and we are in talk with https://tog.ng/ to see how we can work with them to get things now. I will follow up with some of the cost some of things.

We have completed 16 more acres. The next step is plant few more acres and interplant with Maize but the issue seems to be workers and getting suckers at this point.

We currently have about 10 farmers in diasporan on our WhatsApp Group. Email me to join the group. This is a good avenue to ask question.