₦airaland Forum

benlizfoods:
Yes

How much is a kilo selling for?

He should focus on developing the Country.

Billions being released but not much to show for it!

22 years....way young!

After Rivers, na Ekiti!

In this season of protests, printers are making money.

Forming convertible! What happens when it begins to rain?

benlizfoods:
Grating 1ton per hour

Pressing 2ton per day

Frying 400kg per 10hrs

Do you process yellow garri?

See as Georgina dey find trouble now!

Had some recently, spiced with black pepper (uziza)!

Yawns......

hahn:
That is interesting

Tilapia is more or less a delicacy here and it will be really unique to farm it because honestly I have NEVER come across a Nigerian Tilapia farmer. I always wondered if it is possible to rear other fish aside from catfish

From the article it shows rearing tilapia is possible but our interest is not just there. I do believe there are Nigerians into it.

uncleshege:
This is not true...the Skrill accant can be denominated in USD and they'll transfer the equivalent in Euro to ur Euro dom accant here in naija and u can sell off d euro @ aboki rates. However, Skrill removes a 3.99% conversion charge coupled wiv the fact that it'll take at least 3 days, sometimes even more sef before the money reach naija. By that time plus d conversion charges, d money don lose value finish already!

They convert Dollar to Euro at a poor rate and still charge that 3.99% for conversion, the money becomes messed up at the end of the day. After my bitter experience, l had to have Skrill accounts in different currencies.

hahn:
Beautiful



Interesting

Kenyans who eat fish have preference for tilapia, most of them don't feel comfortable with catfish as they say it reminds them of snakes!

Means of wasting money.

Bookiemart01:
Seriously? Your own skrill must be different from others . You can only withdraw to your naira card at CBN rate. No more withdrawal into dorm account.


Or the last time you tried it was when that option was still available

You are so right.

krizblak:
Truly mothers luv there children wholeheartedly. If na de fada im for no even jump na fly im go fly Truly mothers luv there children wholeheartedly. If na de fada im for no even jump na fly im go fly

Some fathers would have done same.

Mothers are golden.

Ancient and modern!

"3 packets of Maggi cubes"......Hian!

nonsobaba:
If you think every igbo man has a right to identify with any political party of his choice, why don't you think every igbo man also has a right to live and work in any part of the country?

Every Igbo man has the right to live any where in the world, just he owes himself an obligation to bring his wealth of knowledge and experience to bring about the development of where he hails from.

My family has been in Lagos since 1959, accumulated real estate there but not disconnected from the East as l am personally working in my own capacity to see some crops that have been hitherto considered cannot thrive in the South East becomes a reality. I do not need to be identified with a Political party for it to be a reality ABI who will cut down my Apple trees or my strawberries because l affiliate with a political party or none, will people not buy those fruits from me because no Political office holder had endorsed me?

nonsobaba:
There can be no integrated and cordinated development of Igboland when Igbo leaders are scattered in different political parties with different priorities and agenda.

Everyone has a right to identify with a political party but it should not be the basis upon to discuss the need for a rethink.

nonsobaba:
Op, which political party do you support?

This is not about political affiliation but development of igboland.

Standing next to a fish pond on a farm in Kapsaret, Eldoret, Philip Adamba fidgets on his smart phone endlessly.

Soon, the phone rings and water starts to flow immediately from three taps into the fish ponds.

It looks like magic for first-timers, but for Adamba, this is his life. The young innovator has developed a mobile phone system that allows farmers to monitor and control their fish farms.

They do this by dialling codes that send signals to a gadget fitted with a sim-card next to the fish pond.

On this day, Adamba, 27, was at a fish farm belonging to Philip Maritim, 66, one of the farmers using the system.

The farm has four ponds with tilapia and ornamental fish. He also has three aquariums.

“Maritim only needs to dial a number and then key commands like switching taps on or off,” he says.

Adamba dropped out of the African Institute of Research and Development Studies in Eldoret, where he had enrolled for a diploma in electrical engineering in 2007.

It took him about 10 years to develop the gadget. In that time, he bought 30 new phones at an average of Sh3,000 each which he dismantled to find out how they work.

And last year, after testing it and discovering that it was working well, he patented the gadget. It has a circuit, a Sim-card and a battery.

“A phone is not just a gadget for communication but it can also be used to irrigate a farm, water and even drain a fish pond by dialling a number,” says Adamba.

LUXURY OF TRAVELLING

He has installed the system for 15 farmers in Eldoret, Kitale and Nakuru.

Maritim embraced it last October and paid Sh15,000 ($150) for it.

“Each tap at the pond is connected to the gadget and so I can command a specific tap, or all of them at a go to fill the pond,” said the retired civil engineer.

“Since my fish ponds are made of concrete, there is no sippage, I lose water mainly through evaporation. I, therefore, ensure that water is added to the ponds once in two weeks, especially during dry spells,” says Maritim.

The farmer used to keep cows but switched to aquaculture because his farm workers were unreliable.

“Every time I returned home, I would find the cows had not been fed properly. With this system, my work has never been easier,” he explains.

While it does many other functions, it’s the mode of watering and draining of the ponds that makes the system unique.

The technology, according to Maritim, has helped him to bring down the running costs. “I don’t need to employ many workers as I can do most things myself using the technology. Sometimes workers can lie but the system cannot,” he says.

Now he can afford the luxury of travelling outside the farm and still run it as long as there is internet connectivity.

Power back-up is required just in case of black-outs.

RUN IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Adamba has patented the gadget at the Kenya Industrial Property Institute, calling it BSR. The B, he says, is an inverted P for his name Philip, S for sensitive and R for revolutionary.

“What inspired me was the need to reduce farmers’ reliance on workers and also to secure a farm as the less number of people involved, the safer it is,” he says.

Apart from draining the ponds, the BSR can be used to run an irrigation system, setting the time when water is to flow in drip and sprinkler systems.

It also has a sensor to determine the soil moisture and notify the farmer about it before the water starts to drip.

Adamba scored a B– in the 2006 his final Form Four exams at Cheptiret Secondary School.

He says he developed an interest in engineering when he was in Standard 6. He would dismantle radios and restore them and also make electronic toys.


IN SUMMARY

- Technology can also run drip irrigation.
- Power back-up is required just in case of black-outs.
-. Apart from draining the ponds, the BSR can be used to run an irrigation system, setting the time when water is to flow in drip and sprinkler systems.
-. Phillip Adamba has patented the gadget at the Kenya Industrial Property Institute, calling it BSR.

Udiboy:
Thank you very much Shola. Yes, I do more sending from abroad than local transactions.
I guess Diamond bank is the best to go with then by your comparison.
I hope there won't be problem withdrawing foreign currencies and any idea if there's limit to withdrawal?

Is that $40 not too high, it costs me about $14.50 as charges to send from Kenya to Nigerian Dom accounts.

Nice gesture.

Have no issue with how they dress, we all identify with different things just as long as our beliefs don't threatens the well being of others.

codedruns2:
the length european monarch will go to stop a muslim offspring

They couldn't imagine the future King of England having a Muslim step sibling.

No be ghost na person get am!

All those who deal in expired and fake drugs, may lamentation not depart their households.

naijamakossa:
a woman must not cheat,it is written

"Thou shall not commit Adultery".....God was probably hanging out with the boys when He gave that commandment and restricted it to wives!

Promiscuity is poison in a beautiful bottle.

erico2k2:
Not realy cos the cost of goods are going up as well

Not in comparison to the loss of the Naira to foreign currencies. Let me you give you an example, a product like Dudu Osun (black soap) has not really changed much in terms of price and selling less than N200 which is not up to 40cents going by the black market rate. I know someone who is exporting it at a cost of 50cents per pack for freight and selling it in another Country for $2.50. He makes a profit of about $75 per carton (48packs) which weighs 8kg! That $75 profit is from wholesaling as he resells to retailers.