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which way can we local farmers benefit from this move?

Better still, anywhere in ido LG. It must be accessible. i mean motorable road to the farmland. Proximity to flowing stream.

naso2:
I MUST CONFESS EVEN AS AN UNREPETANT GEJ FAN, THAT IF THIS MAN DOES 60% OF WHAT HE HAS PROMISED , I WILL ..............

"You will........" Go ahead and finish your statement

dayo23:
Despite been an APC member, I would say something, Incoming President General Buhari Must declare all his asset while assuming office, the Vice President, Ministers, and appointees must declare their asset too, Failure to do this then the people will begin to doubt their sincerity in Govt.

Tnx for saying this. It is a must to declare assets for political office holders in a situation where transparency is the watchword. Long life GMB. Long life APC. Here comes the CHANGE

jasper7:
Watermelon is highly profitable, what our people lack most is idea. Watermelon is consumed in millions now in Nigeria. believe me when I say that 100hectares of watermelon will not satisfy the South West alone. There are farmers in the North who are cultivating more than that

tnx Boss

Pls farmers from Ido LG, i need acres of land along Akufo-Ido tarred road, for lease. Pls contact me on olakabeer@gmail.com or 07038374167

jasper7:
I have 3 marketing groups that want to market my watermelon. In fact, the smallest of the companies said they'll buy a minimum of 6k balls a week. Sugar baby is a good variety, can you supply 6k balls a week?

Boss........am a first time farmer. i grow only one acre of land. both cucumber and watermelon. Boss lets talk on phone pls. i will call you. tnx

@op........
answers on the way. stay calm.

jasper7:
Somebody HELP!! Aboki rejected our cucumber yesterday at the sabo vegetable market in Ibadan. What was their problem? they said the cucumber is too big. They said it taste good but it is too big.

I had received this sort of call from the team in Ibadan twice, and I decided to visit the farm in Ibadan to see exactly what the problem was.

We went to the Sabo market, The mallam just kept complaining how they suffered to get the light green watermelon into the market, to displace the dark green one. And after so much trial and "suffering", they succeeded. But now, all around the country, all people want to eat is the light green watermelon. Nobody wants the dark green one.

In few seconds, I began to see what we have done wrong and it became clear to me. We have been putting effort in the wrong direction. Want to know more? I'll be back to complete my story.

@jasper7, pls, am growing sugar baby variety of watermelon. it is the dark green one. what are the chances of marketing my watermelon when it is ready? pls useful tips

jasper7:
Why have we decided that every thing fresh food in Nigeria must be sold in dirty environment. The dirtiest places in Nigeria are not our Refuse dumps. but our fresh food market, from our slaughter slabs, to meat market to vegetable market and the rest of them. Are all very dirty. And the most pathetic part of it is that we the consumers are left with no choice that to take it as we see it.

Well, am looking to change that, I believe with the large consumer market Nigeria has, we should not be restricted to only one variety of crops or conditions.

I think a consumer should have a full description of what he or she is about to buy. And choose the one that is closest to the specifics he requires.

For example, a consumer has to know what specie of vegetable he's buying, under what conditions the vegetables were stored or produced, the chemical residue percentage of the product, the practise used in producing the crops (organic, inorganic, synthetic).

These and more are what we are looking to expose our people to and offer to them at still the best prices. You'd be able to order your weekly vegetable supply online and have it delivered to you at home.

These and more are the things we plan to offer in the farm being developed now

I am looking to changing the game. And by the special grace of God, we will.

Take me along boss. I will surely be part and play a commendable role in actualising the change.

Babalagzy:
In my opinion, mile 12 should be a farmer's last option because that place requires little or no standards at all. If you don't have high quality produce, maybe it's fine but whoever has high quality produce should think of getting it to consumers who require that value. It's not a walk in the park but it can be done. Like several people on here have said, the second most important part of farming is marketing. If you pay more attention to it, there will be tremendous benefits.
A collaboration of forward thinking farmers can come together skip a step or two in the value chain. You realise that the prices at which consumers get these vegetables are much higher than what the farmer sells for. How about we find a way to side step the opportunists (the mile12 sellers especially) and create a somewhat standard and decent market.
Bottom line, a new market has to be created.

Thanks for the contribution

noeloge82:
This happened this morning in my area @Johnson street ajah Lagos
A primary 3 pupil who was playing was asked what is INEC and he said they are the ones who removed our president
d who is jega he said JUST REMOVE EBELE GOODLUCK ADMINISTRATION
. HMMMMMMMM

eyi gaaa oooo. Jega did his assignment as empewered by the law. He didnt remove GEJ. Nigerians rejected GEJ.

Primegold:
Great thread and thanks for sharing.

What kind of seeds are you using?

And to all the cucumber farmers in the house: What's the best seed for robust yield?

Cheers.

@Primegold, do u mean variety or source of the seeds? To my little experience, varieties of cucumber are many. Each suits different purpose, climatic condition and type of soil. It will be difficult to answer that question on a clear cut mode. Try to describe your soil type and region. I will then recommend, if i could.

jasper7:
oga, the total planted area is about is about 1500 square meter and the harvest was roughly 650kg.

Although because of the new specie and the big size and the light green colour. The product has not gained general acceptance in Lagos and Ibadan. People don't like what they don't understand. It calls for aggreasive marketing. But those have accepted it, buy between 100-150 per kg. we are opening a larger market for the variety.

@jasper7, pls boss, total harvest is 650kg? or one of several harvests is 650kg?

ALARAPE22:
Hunmm

Yeah

ALARAPE22:
We all know without faith there is nothing we can achieve. We rejoice, we celebrate and we are all happy to see and to fight for our right during the concluded election throughout the Nigeria. The first question we need to ask ourselves now is; How can Nigeria achieve the aim of change we are talking about? How can this regime become successful? How can we not be in the same shoe we are before? Can this regime become successful? This is the major questions we need to work out before we can conclude there is change in Nigeria. As we can see our able President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan shows the world how able he is by calling the General to congratulate him despite the odd. This shows politics is not a do or die affairs. We Nigerian has to understand our leader inorder to to achieve our aims. God Bless Nigeria. God Bless GEJ. God bless GMB

Thanks for the questions. I have a point which, i strongly believe, will answer those questions. We Nigerians, we always think and behave like our leader.We are going to achieve the expected CHANGE through the Gentle Man Buhari
GMB till 2019

gud of those boys

Walelavender:
Gani Adams must be seriously regretting his action by now. Where are the 6million voters promised by Gani Adams from the OPC kitty? My question now is; will GMB sustain the controversial 9bn Naira contract offered by the outgoing President,GEJ, to OPC in order to protect our pipelines?

@ op........Gani Adams disgraced himself at first. secondly, GMB will overlook that simply for the sake of the Yorubas.

More pix

Lesgupnigeria:
Need market for your produce,then you can contact me
Plantain,watermelon,cassava,cucumber only!!

@ op.........i will need your assistant to market my cucumber/watermelon very soon. am from Ido LG of Oyo State. here is my contact....07038374167 olakabeer@gmail.com

jasper7:
nice, seed leaf looking good. can't wait for first true leaf.

@jaser7......thank you boss.

OLAMIMO12:
Stay following. questions and contributions are welcome.

Hellooooo.......
Counting days. Day 1, day 2.........day 6.
on day 6 there was even emergency of tender cucumber plants through out the rows(beds).

Purity1st:
@ olamimo I appreciate ur reply I am in gombe state north easth nigeria how can I get de seed. As u knw tym is not on my side
Tnks look foward to hear frm you.

@Purity1st.........if you hav anyone(even commercial bus driver) here in ibadan coming down to your state, link the one to me on 07038374167. i will be of help to buy and send it to you through that channel.

umarc19:
Hehehehe


Haters are crying
Jega is annoucing
Apc are wining
pdp are loosing
otueke is waitin
patience she is packing
obasanjo is dancing
Tinubu is laughing
Buhari is celebrating
Asari tokumbo is silent
pple are waitin
I'm typing...

I can feel the #Change right now

Me too. i dey feel the change oooooooo

234GT:
LWKMD. So if Buhari wins, you will all be employed? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! The level of disappointment that will hit Nigerians should Buhari win ehn, na only God fit understand am!

such is life. just need CHANGE.

olakabeer@gmail.com
07038374167
Ido LG, Ibadan, Oyo State
Crop Production- cucumber/watermelon, and other vegetable

Purity1st:
what happening to dese hounorable house is it dat evry one is on election break pls a fellow H20 melon famer is in need pls magma , papyshoe and oders pls I need to start up dis raining season I need seed an fertilizers and some info pls I will appriciate thanks house looking forward to your reply.

@Purity1st how was voting in your area?
To your question and request, i think, time is no more by your side. I would advise you think twice. For seeds, contact agrotropic nig. ltd at custom bus stop agodi ibadan. pls wia are u in nigeria?

Pavore9:
l just admire folks who starts with what is available to them, not wasting time waiting for a dream settings.

thanks bros.

Denn:
dear op....


there is a Professor of "Cucumbering" in your class o....

During exams, please dont use the same marking scheme for all of us o.

just saying....

Announcer....class rep

@Denn......noted. tnx

jasper7:
am following with full interest. you call it trellis, I call it staking. different nomenclature, the same practice. let me bring my pen and paper to join the class. Hope to benefit from your classes sir

@jasper7.........trellising and staking, same purpose boss. ........lol

OLAMIMO12:
Hello.......am Olamimo. I'm a first time farmer in fruits and vegetables production(Cucumber/Watermelon). Am writing this thread to share my little knowledge with like minded peopple.
Starting farming(crop production), like other aspect of agribusiness, involves many things ranging from which crop to go for, land aquisition, labour palava, soil preparation, ......etc.
From the little i have witnessed, I strongly believe, someone will benefit.Moreso, with this thread older farmers will assist both me and my peers in our new endeavour.

Stay following

Intending farmers ................I have some grams of sugar baby seeds. Am giving it out for free. The seeds are very viable. Anyone intrested in having it should contact me.
Thank

Tonight, lets briefly discuss land aquisition and Labour management.
In my own view, purchasing your farmland is more rewarding. Lease is also advisable if you are unable to pay at onset.
Down to labour stuff. I can say here with little accuracy that inavailability of labour cuts across agricultiral industry. So, be ready to soil your palms. No farming "without touching hoe or cutlass" as you may read it in online write-ups.Those are "computer farmers"
Moreso,dont flash your labours with high pay. They might not do the corresponding work for you.
Till next time, stay following.

atlwireles:
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RUBBISH

Write your own for people to see. tel people bettet things if you have any fact.