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Farming is one of the most lucrative business if you can have access to farmland land and also capital to run the farm.
So in this thread, I will document my progress, also the challenges i have faced as a zealous and an amateur farmer.
HOW IT BEGINS
I leave Abia in late june 2022 for Borno state.

When the raining season rtarted fully, i bought 5ltrs of herbicide, spray the farmland... I have two different farms aproximately 3 hectares all together.

Following

Due to the shortage of fund, i resort to using rickshaw to plow the farm I paid #10,000 for it. I hire labourers @ #1,500 each to sow the farm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5xrG8zVyo

#Pest attack
My first major set back in the business was pest attack... There is this notorious cream like larvae with 3 pairs of leg called WHITE GRUB, this nasty pest destroy about 20% of the seedling. Couple with caterpillar feeding on the buds.. Which i have to replant/check the ones that died.

#weed control
Frstly i apply NICOVIEW, a herbicide engineered to kill all sort of weeds in maize crop with knapsack sprayer.

#Fertilizer
I have bought 150kg i.e 3bags of NPK fertilizer and 25kg of Urea, 1ltr of foliar/super agro liquid fertiliser

Another setback was a mishap occurs, caused by wind when i was applying chemical to kill the weeds under the maize plants. It damaged about 20 rows of the young maize plant.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHylUD0VAc

#SECOND SETBACK WAS
RAINFALL!
Due to the excessive rain, the maize crop was severely affected, causing half of the farm to fail..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHHek---Rpc

Weeks later

kyinusa:
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at tenth week the maize start making fruit

RuMiRgO1stSon:
Farming is one of the most lucrative business if you can have access to farmland land and also capital to run the farm.
So in this thread, I will document my progress, also the challenges i have faced as a zealous and an amateur farmer.
HOW IT BEGINS
I leave Abia in late june 2022 for Borno state.

So you did this farm in bornu state?

Because the farm looks clean and clear of weeds unlike south

emmaodet:
So you did this farm in bornu state?

Because the farm looks clean and clear of weeds unlike south

LOL yes of course. All you need is the right chemical and timed application.

Fantastic!

Kudos to the OP!

This are the kind of intellectuals that have capitalized on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s statement.

With the USA being the largest producer of maize, we just need a thousand technocrats like the OP, and we will overtake the US

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is so proud of you OP


Asiwaju knows we are lagging behind economically, and he is not denying it. With people like you, we are guaranteed of a better tomorrow.

I love farming ... It's the language of nature ..

I can't wait to begin farming again ... After Fulani heardsmen have decided to leave farmers alone


I love the idea of sowing and reaping ... Op may God Almighty continue to enlarge your coast ... May you yield 1000 fold, your thread is relaxing to me .

God bless your Hussle.

RGo and teach this your farming in the villages for free not on naira land, non of us deh do farming, na yahoo Boys and girls full here, plus aspiring oloshos

God bless you OP for what you're doing
Your one of the few youths adding value to the economy...
Others are either hoping to win 200million from Bet9ja one day!

Others have bought some speculative assets called crypto hoping to become a billionaire in 2024 without doing anything ...

Let's work together and make this country great

Japa is not for everybody

Awesome

As long as you not an Urchin, It's good my me. More power...

Nice, good luck

I love your courage, I can’t even think of going that far north for farming, are you from the north ?borno of all places ha mai hand no de .

Fulani cow will soon eat all your farm

Okay

I'm interested in maize farming. And what happened at last @op?

RuMiRgO1stSon:
Due to the shortage of fund, i resort to using rickshaw to plow the farm I paid #10,000 for it. I hire labourers @ #1,500 each to sow the farm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5xrG8zVyo

Good efforts my brother. In this day and age when most people are complaining of unemployment and only care about how to japa, it’s good to see someone making this serious effort.

May God protect you and your farm from devilish APC herdsmen.

Farm only for your house to avoid visits from Bouharis kinsmen

I dey follow u.... How were you able to access land in borno. Kindly share cost and experience.