₦airaland Forum

jasper7:
Amen sir.... The seedless watermelon is amazing. very interesting and not available yet in Nigeria. so mine will be the first of its kind . you know me, I like to do my things special.

l read something pasted inside a bus recently and it read 'There is no traffic along the extra mile'. The seedless variety is the extra mile where you have no competitor. Just make sure your packaging and marketing is tight, targeting premium buyers.

jasper7:
Amen sir.... The seedless watermelon is amazing. very interesting and not available yet in Nigeria. so mine will be the first of its kind . you know me, I like to do my things special.

And that 'special' will make the price 'special'.

To God be the Glory! May He continue to renew the strength and confidence of our soldiers who are laying down their lives to secure the sovereignty of the Country and to Boko Haram and their sympathizers I say Ntooor!

jasper7:
My brother, the cost of vegetables and fruits now is quite scandalous. This must turn to good news for farmers and not only sellers.

I am raising a marketing team that will deliver to the retailers at their stores on a pay on delivery basis.

The specie of watermelon I am planting is the sweetest I have tasted. and I am ordering the seed from Thailand

l just love the seedless variety. Wishing you the best and may the project leap frog beyond your expectations.

Yes, let Islamic scholars come up and enlighten us.

Cyborg01:
Hello sir. can I have your email address or whatsapp number? i need more info on this. thanks.

koboideas@gmail.com

tomiobj:
. Nw I see it. But why is thhe quality thatt bad.


I'll try as much as possible to do this if it's within my power after watching. Can this be doone with human/poultry waste

The quality could be related to your internet link as l just checked it and visuals were clear. Of course it can be done with human waste especially if you are going for digester built with blocks.

Billyonaire:
I am worried about the smell. Imagine a grown man searching for sh.it. and urine to put inside bag of sh.it just for gas. Isnt it better for us to find a way of generating electricity from Propane (LPG) which is just 3,400 naira per 13kg cylinder ?

It is not grim like you may imagine. You saw the link of the video on the first page, where the biogas centre is situated at the abbatoir and the waste was channelled to a receiving tank from where it goes into the digesters. As per the second option where the canvass/tarpaulin is being utilized, it is not only cow dung that is being utilized there as you can use feedstock such as water hyacinth, grasses (they must be chopped to smaller bit in order to digest faster). l assume you know the Mile 12 market in Lagos and have an idea the tonnes of vegetable waste generated there, that alone can power many mama put in that market cutting off the use of charcoal and firewood as their cooking fuel thereby saving our forests.

@jcflex,

For fact is every home in Nigeria can not have this in their homestead. l have been to homes where it has been installed and l tell you for FREE that the issue of stench do not crop up, you really need to personally experience this to be fully convinced as this is a very environmental-friendly technology. The slurry that comes out after the waste has been digested and methane (biogas) produced is the organic fertilizer produced which some neighbouring farmers buy off from the owners of digesters.

The digester has a cross flow system where you feed it from one end and it flows across the digester and out the other other side. As it flows across the digester it is digesting and will fully breakdown so what actually comes out is dissolved minerals, there is no more fermentation going on as the food value has been exhausted.

Not everyone owns a cow nor have access to its dung, so once it is set up the dung is advised to be the initial feedstock after which kitchen/farm waste can be used, for those living around the riverine areas where the water hyacinth is a menace to water transportation, the water hyacinth is a very good feedstock as all they need to do is harvest the hyacinth from the river and have it chopped to smaller bits, so that it would digest faster and the gas is theirs for use.

In summary it is environmentally friendly as International organizations and Foundations have variously had it installed in communities and institutions in a bid to reduce dependence on the more conventional energy source such as charcoal, firewood, kerosene that are not health and environmentally friendly.

Some can key in at the level of production and retail the gas.

tomiobj:
Derez nfn lyk aa video in ur linnk

There is do try again.

Billyonaire:
The thread smells.

of gas!

baba11:
Do you have any eBook on this?

l do not have any e-book on it, l shared this information so it can inspire someone out there to look inward.

amNIGERIA:
@ Pavore: This is a very good technology that has great potential of helping keep our streets free of refuse. Just thinking, can human waste be use in place of cow dung?

Is this biogas same as the gas coming out from suckaway that can be found in many compoubds round our cities?

View this video, it will inform you more on biogas from sewage tank (soak-away)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m1nr2v5S8o

Kafrican:
Kenya's kibera slum have connected there toilets to one big underground biogas container, and they use that to power gas to thier kitchens. will bring you the link tomorrow

Here is the link about the Kibera project.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m1nr2v5S8o

What a journey!....but that 1899 bottle looks elitist!

Is this an airport or motor park?

oluks05:
Hello sir, pls any news on the Horticulture Training Center? Thanks

We (l and a Catholic Nun who wants to make arrangement for training) went to hortinews yesterday, got some contacts we are working on. So l will keep everyone posted when we get definite information regarding admission, course duration, fees, accommodation etc.

Kilifi county again!

Anaku, Omor, lgbakwu, lfite Ogwari, Omasi-uno and Omasi agu certainly have very huge expanse of fertile landmass that would give good returns in harvest.

oluks05:
Hello sir, pls any news on the Horticulture Training Center? Thanks

l haven't forgotten my promise as l have not visited the Nairobi CBD recently but l will be there tomorrow, so expect feedback soonest.

FarmTech:
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I really wonder if they sell sun-resistant and gas tight tarpaulines or waterproof in nigeria, anyone know where I can get them?

lt may be around but these guys here have theirs custom-made in China.

sheyi86:
@pavore9 pls give us online video that wl reveal sted by step procedure in building d digester and d whole process of the biogas production.thanks

This biodigester (the one with canvass/tarpaulin) is the owner's patent so the thickness and quality of the canvass is not in my privy!

mercylicious:
plz how kuch is d biodigester in naira equivalent?
how can it be used to generate lighting in a farm? will d gas powet our usual fuel generators?

From my exposure to the digester, every other thing needed apart from the digester is very much available in Nigeria, Apart from the digester itself what is needed is PVC pipes, hose-like tubes , plastic taps for control and a slight modification around the on/off part of the regular gas cooker so that it can allow biogas to flow through as against the regular LPG it was initially made for,

Likewise slight modification is made to the regular diesel/petrol engine generators so that biogas would power it against the conventional petrol and diesel. As l have seen it power small generators like 'l better pass my neighbour'.

A big digester that can cook for about 30 people daily or specifically power a generator should cost about N90k as the amount of gas generated is dependent on size of the digester (the canvass/tarpaulin laid on the ground) and the waste fed into the digester.

Even if one is not around to use the gas generated, one can get a big canvass (like the suspended green canvass in the second picture) which is hung on a tree or a pole and since gas generated is not being used. it would be storing up in the suspended canvass and you can have neighbours tap from it on the grounds that they are feeding the digester(s) with waste in exchange for the gas.

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Pls Pavore9 I'm interested in Apple farming. So how do I buy the nurseries? Can u send me ur contact so we can discuss better. Thanks.

The seedlings are here in Nairobi and since it is a plant. by Kenyan law it can't be sent by post just like that. lf you have anyone who is visiting Kenya soonest, l can help you get the seedlings and arrange for the permit that would be needed to travel out of Kenya with the seedlings and also on arrival at any of the airport in Nigeria one will not have issues with the customs/immigration.

Redstark Apple will do well in Nigeria. harvest is within 18 months of planting.

The first picture is bags of for each digester.

The second picture is the kitchen where the cooker is being powered by biogas (l was in that kitchen last Wednesday when one of the workers was boiling water to serve us tea )

The third picture is the digester without the covering.

The fourth picture is the digester with the covering.

Once you start up the digester, you can comfortably add your bio-degradable kitchen waste into the digester alongside the cow dung. As long as you feed the digester it will continue to generate gas. One can also feed in grasses cut into smaller sizes.

The covering that looks like greenhouse protects the digesters from children because kids love to bounce on the digester when it is full of gas they assume it is bouncing castle Secondly it makes the digester warmer thus generating biogas at a faster rate.

The first pictures shows a woman pouring in waste into the digester through the inlet. As long as you feed the digester it will continue to generate gas.

The second picture shows the biodigester with its funnel (where the feedstock goes through)

The third picture is the outlet where the slurry comes out from after the feedstock has been digested. This slurry is organic fertilizer and it is also sold by owners of the digester. If you have a farm, then you have a steady supply of organic fertilizer.

The fourth picture is a newly set up biodigester.

Of all the bio-digesters l have come in contact with, l stick to the canvass option because it requires no construction work that requires digging and block work. This is the type that is brain-child of the biogas centre in Karen, Nairobi. It can be set up within hours and after one week, you start cooking with the gas. As you can see from the pictures the installation is so easy. What you see tied to the motorbike is a unit of the biogas digester which the man is taking to his village to go install. One needs only ONE cow for this system or can make arrangement to be collecting cow dung from an abattoir.

boluwajokosegun:
This is beautiful , hpoe nigeria will get there too, this kenya is a place to be , they have very good structures on ground that help them to always lead africa in agriculture. Nigeria is far far behind but we can get there by HIS grace. Thanks @Povare9

You are welcome.

From my recent visit to a biogas centre in Kajiado County, the home of the Maasais in Kenya. The waste from the abattoir is used to generate biogas which fuels the big generator that powers the abattoir and they have also achieved packaging the biogas in a cylinder and it sells for half the price of the more common LPG.

lf you have some MBs to spare you can watch the less than 3 mins video of the possibilities biogas offers us all

Watch video http://koboideas..com/2015/03/blog-post.html

lf stealing is not corruption, will my savings be safe with Bank GEJ?

simplemach:
its for real oga.
GEJ is working
GEJ till 2019 and
GEJ till all the lost tins are found (certificate Chibok girls, etc)

There is nothing wrong in having one of them sharing their experience with us.