₦airaland Forum

Newway2:
Acquiring Agric knowledge (or any knowledge) is so so expensive in Nigeria. It's this high cost that is keeping potential farmers away. Lots & lots of pple on this plaform are out to just exploit other would be farmers in d name of training or provision of inputs, mostly at exorbitant prices.

When can we have cheap but quality Agric training & inputs like Kenya?

That is where the Ministry of Agriculture owes Nigerians the obligation to disseminate information. Year in, year out budget is being made out for extension services but we do not feel anything. Private enterprise do have a role to play, like here in Kenya every TV station has at least 2 agribusiness programmes running every week, There is even one Station called Farmer TV which is a 24hrs broadcast on Agriculture.

There are many international NGOs and Foundations that are into Agriculture that are based here and from time to time offer free trainings. One was held earlier in the week, which l couldn't attend and it was on how to start a small business on processing groundnut into peanut butter and packaging them for supermarket quality. Even Kenyan agricultural agencies offers such free trainings because they know once you set up a business from what was taught, you would need KBS certification (NAFDAC equivalent) to operate, which government would make money from you, also make VAT earnings from your sales.

A Country earns more when more people are economically active.

Observing.............

Jesusbaby6:
The chia seeds have been shipped. Do I wait until rain falls before planting them or should I go ahead and plant them when they arrive?

Why wait for the rains when you have access to water? Just make a bed mixed with manure and broadcast one-third of the seeds to see how well it will do. Within the same bed, have a part of it covered with a shade net placed over sticks that is about 2 feet high so the sun do not hit directly on the seeds broadcasted, so that you can compare the growth between the covered and uncovered areas, after which you can now broadcast the remaining two-third.

baba11:
I know but where to get the right knowledge within an affordable means is the problem here

I understand what you mean as I know such opportunity is not readily available in Nigeria as it is readily available here in Kenya. There is even a farm about an hour drive from Nairobi that will next week offer a 2 day training on organic farming of strawberries and over 25 different herbs and spices for just N2,000. I will look at it as something to establish in Nigeria in the future, a farm where people would go to acquire practical knowledge as Nigerians are hungry for such knowledge.

Jesusbaby6:
How many plants in total and how many kg does he harvest weekly?

He has 156 beds & each bed has 400 plants. He harvests about 60Kg weekly at $7 per kg as it is 100% organic & the client, ok with it.

Who even proposed the 2019 Presidency?

Laughing.............

Will continue my post on vertical sack farming later in the day.

An organic strawberry farm measuring 210ft by 105ft, the harvests from it is exclusively for an upscale coffee shop in Nairobi.

baba11:
That's lovely up there... atimes when I saw your post and I saw the beauty of being farmers/agriculture ,I had the thought of migrating to pursue my passionate field=FARMING

You need not migrate as all you need is the knowledge which you can apply in Nigeria as the Nigerian market is so enormous as it is far bigger than the entire Eastern African Market.

lt is high time we do away with subsidy. A litre of petrol in Kenya news sells for N180 from the N224 before the oil price crash still transport fare is cheaper in Kenya than in Nigeria!

lt is high time we do away with subsidy.

Quite revealing.

Not even a link....fake story!

Jesusbaby6:
Sorry, seen it. Did u receive my email sir?

Yes and replied.

Jesusbaby6:
Chia seeds and sesame seed which one is bigger in size? I just read that chia seeds are planted by broadcasting like sesame. Am I correct?

It is smaller than the sesame seed. Broadcasting like I mentioned earlier is the way to go.

He collected such amount and still owed his workers.

The finished product.

I encourage anyone who has access to some Free to Air decoders or DSTV to view Kenya's NTV tonight from 8p.m Nigerian Time to watch Seeds of Gold as it would feature the cultivation of Canola and the extraction of oil from it and its packaging. It is going to be very informative. Canola cultivation will do well in Nigeria.

Jesusbaby6:
I bought the 100g for 2900 naira. 1kg is between $140 - 170.

So it means Ikg is over N30,000! This is a real gold mine. Tend the seeds well, it will surely bear fruits.

Jesusbaby6:
It is 1g pack; 100g pack and 500g pack. The seller says the 1g pack contains approximately 700 seeds. But the difference in price between the 1g pack and 100g is not much

You should get the 100g. How much is it going for?

MsJJ:
I am an advocate of eating healthy and organic, I will try and cultivate this chia.
I am looking forward to having exporters from here, @pavore9 keep up with this, you are an agriculture encyclopedia!

We really need to unlearn a lot of misconceptions for the possibility of growth. This Chia seeds are what people have to buy from outside the country to consume locally. I doubt if some of them have researched on it to see the possibility of growing it locally saving the foreign exchange that would be used in buying them abroad.

Just as l visited a farm in a rural community about an hour away from Nairobi, the area is just like Nsukka (Enugu State) in scenery and weather. I was fascinated by a section of the farm that houses 15 diary cows within a shed of 20ft by 50ft and was producing a daily average of 280 litres of milk which the farm uses to produce their small scale yoghurt enterprise and uses the fresh strawberry also from their farm as the flavour. They produce 250 litres of strawberry flavoured yoghurt on a daily basis which they go home deliver to some Dutch families living in Nairobi every morning before 7a.m Me l collected some litres 'for the road'

Unfortunately in Nigeria we believe it is only the Fulanis that should be dealing with cows!

danzite:
pavore9... am following your post with keen interest. pls I'd love to have your number. 08039472379

I do emailing. so send me a PM.

That is part of the path he has chosen.

Jesusbaby6:
China but they said the seeds origin is Mexican

If it goes for that amount in China it shows the high value of the crop. With its numerous health benefits, you can imagine the demand. Try to get the 10g packet and try it out and from your harvest you can then expand your garden, make sure you grow it organically.

Jesusbaby6:
I saw the seeds online, 1g of 700 seeds almost 1500, I also saw 500g at almost 7000. it is said germination period is 15-20 days and harvest is 80 -90 days. I think I will get them to try out. What do u think?

Where are you sourcing it from?

Jesusbaby6:
It is said to be a part of the mint family. How is it planted? I will contact you on ur email abt the sack pls

One plants directly, a seed in a hole and since the seeds are tiny it is advisable to just make a bed mixed with manure and have the seeds broadcasted and once the plants are up, you can easily transplant to space them. When grown within a space of 3ft by 9ft, the expected harvest yield is around 1.5kg.

Jesusbaby6:
I did google it and its benefits are enormous

Thus the reason for the high market value, It only takes 3 months to plant and harvest and one funny thing is that the size and look of the plant is just like the plant of our local curry. The farm owner said they are looking forward to harvesting 50kg of it, you do the mathematics!

That is a Professional Politicians for you, he can not survive outside politics.