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Why don't Nigerians farm and eat more millet?
Sorghum Millet is easy to farm and harvest just like maize, it is even better than maize since it can withstand unfavorable weather conditions like drought, etc.

It is high in protein and fiber, I ask again, why aren't Nigerians farming, cooking and eating more guinea corn?

fredwill1357:
Why don't Nigerians farm and eat more millet?
Millet is easy to farm and harvest just like maize, it is even better than maize since it can withstand unfavorable weather conditions like drought, etc.

It is high on protein and fiber, I ask again, why aren't Nigerians farming, cooking and eating more millet?

I think it is because most of us grew up not knowing what millet is, except when we use for feed production. I have personally no knowledge of how a millet plant looks like.

I intend to buy more farmlands soon, I might consider growing it alongside corn for feed making. And if my stomach loves it, I could try it.

TheBillyonaire:
I think it is because most of us grew up not knowing what millet is, except when we use for feed production. I have personally no knowledge of how a millet plant looks like.

I intend to buy more farmlands soon, I might consider growing it alongside corn for feed making. And if my stomach loves it, I could try it.

Thank you. Yes, a lot of us don't know what millet is, I only discovered millet some months ago as the cost of many food crops, especially rice kept rising, I wanted a cheaper substitute and I discovered millet.

Such an healthy nutritious easy to grow crop, yet undervalued. Thank you for considering to grow more of it and for investing in farming, especially at this crucial time that hunger wants to kill Nigerians.
I love farming, the sense of self sufficiency makes it appealing for me. Kudos.

fredwill1357:
Thank you. Yes, a lot of us don't know what millet is, I only discovered millet some months ago as the cost of many food crops, especially rice kept rising, I wanted a cheaper substitute and I discovered millet.

Such an healthy nutritious easy to grow crop, yet undervalued. Thank you for considering to grow more of it and for investing in farming, especially at this crucial time that hunger wants to kill Nigerians.
I love farming, the sense of self sufficiency makes it appealing for me. Kudos.

Farming brings a lot of happiness. We have fresh oranges, paw paw, plantain, banana etc in huge quantities. My wife produces feed for poultry birds and for pigs and have asked for ponds for RAS Aquaculture, and I know we order quite a lot of grains. Different grains including millet, soy beans, maize, wheat etc. but I do have many hectares of land that are just laying fallow for years. I have some section that has swamps and lakes, we might build ponds there and grow millets. I have no idea how to go about it, I will inform her to look into it. I am thinking of going to cross river during the dry season to acquire land there for commercial farming. I will not let hunger kill Nigerians, I have to do something on my part to help.

Thanks for the insight.

TheBillyonaire:
Farming brings a lot of happiness. We have fresh oranges, paw paw, plantain, banana etc in huge quantities. My wife produces feed for poultry birds and for pigs and have asked for ponds for RAS Aquaculture, and I know we order quite a lot of grains. Different grains including millet, soy beans, maize, wheat etc. but I do have many hectares of land that are just laying fallow for years. I have some section that has swamps and lakes, we might build ponds there and grow millets. I have no idea how to go about it, I will inform her to look into it. I am thinking of going to cross river during the dry season to acquire land there for commercial farming. I will not let hunger kill Nigerians, I have to do something on my part to help.

Thanks for the insight.

Thank you brother, may God and the universe see you through.

fredwill1357:
Thank you brother, may God and the universe see you through.

It is necessary for us to produce what we eat or we will die. God will not grow food for us. I think it is time we grow up and stop asking God for help for basic things like food.

TheBillyonaire:
It is necessary for us to produce what we eat or we will die. God will not grow food for us. I think it is time we grow up and stop asking God for help for basic things like food.

When I said God see you through, it was more of positive affirmation and good luck.

There's a reason why millet thrives in northern Nigeria. Do your findings before you decide to grow it in the south.

Kehfie:
There's a reason why millet thrives in northern Nigeria. Do your findings before you decide to grow it in the south.

Why don't you just educate us on it straight up. I am currently in Abuja.

Kehfie:
There's a reason why millet thrives in northern Nigeria. Do your findings before you decide to grow it in the south.

Millet will grow in southern Nigeria. I have seen it grow in a compound in Ikorodu. As long as can Maize grows in Southern Nigeria, Millet will grow in the south too. People should start experimenting with all kinds of crops grown in the North in the South. We can plant beans in the south too. Cheers.

I carried out an experiment with Guinea Corn in Ikorodu, Lagos. On my plot of land, I planted two species of Guinea Corn ( Sorghum ). This was in 2022/2023. The guinea corn germinated and grew . I saw it with my Koro Koro eyes . Guinea Corn ( Sorghum ) and Millet are very hardy crops which can grow on poor soils. They are in the same family with Maize, Oats, Barley etc. It is just that the awareness about Millet and Sorghum ( Guinea Corn ) is very low in Southern Nigeria and the nation generally.

Anyone that is saying Millet cannot thrive in Southern Nigeria is deceiving you. It is the same reason we left the commercial cultivation of beans to the Northerners , because we believe we can't cultivate it in the South. Has God placed any limits on where plants can grow?

TheBillyonaire:
I think it is because most of us grew up not knowing what millet is, except when we use for feed production. I have personally no knowledge of how a millet plant looks like.

I intend to buy more farmlands soon, I might consider growing it alongside corn for feed making. And if my stomach loves it, I could try it.

A millet plant looks like the Corn\Maize plant. It is just that the fruit/kernels of the Millet crop are on the top of the plant when it is time for harvesting.

Redman44:
Millet will grow in southern Nigeria. I have seen it grow in a compound in Ikorodu. As long as can Maize grows in Southern Nigeria, Millet will grow in the south too. People should start experimenting with all kinds of crops grown in the North in the South. We can plant beans in the south too. Cheers.

People like that have been brainwashed, hence the reason for what she typed. In fact, a lot of us have been brainwashed that only maize and cassava grow in the south while other grains grow solely in the north. Reason why we don't try them before concluding.

North actually has an advantage of irrigation and land mass over the south.

Kehfie:
There's a reason why millet thrives in northern Nigeria. Do your findings before you decide to grow it in the south.

Fact

IamAsiri:
People like that have been brainwashed, hence the reason for what she typed. In fact, a lot of us have been brainwashed that only maize and cassava grow in the south while other grains grow solely in the north. Reason why we don't try them before concluding.

North actually has an advantage of irrigation and land mass over the south.

Why don't you plant cocoa, plantain in northern nigeria too

lereinter:
Why don't you plant cocoa, plantain in northern nigeria too

Do I live there? Clowns everywhere.

IamAsiri:
Do I live there? Clowns everywhere.

Clown 🤡

lereinter:
Why don't you plant cocoa, plantain in northern nigeria too

Have you tried it there and it did not work? I believe some species of Cocoa will thrive in the North . Plantain might be difficult to plant in the North, but hey, why don't we give it a trial? Like I said earlier, Millet and Sorghum grows in Southern Nigeria. They are cultivated in some parts of Oyo State ( Oke Ogun area ).

Did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area, region or part of the world? Just like immigrants to a new land, crops can adapt to a new environment over time. Most of our crops in Nigeria came from other continents. Stay Blessed.

Mango: was brought to Nigeria from South East Asia either from Bangladesh or India.

Cassava: was brought to Nigeria from Brazil.

Sugercane: Was brought to Nigeria from Brazil and South America.

Guava: from Peru and Mexico.

Coconut: From Madagascar.

Maize: Brought by the Portuguese missionaries from Central America and North America. And so on and so forth.

Guinea Corn and Millet are native to Nigeria and Africa. Why are we skeptical about our native plants?

Redman44:
Have you tried it there and it did not work? I believe some species of Cocoa will thrive in the North . Plantain might be difficult to plant in the North, but hey, why don't we give it a trial? Like I said earlier, Millet and Sorghum grows in Southern Nigeria. They are cultivated in some parts of Oyo State ( Oke Ogun area ).

Did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area, region or part of the world? Just like immigrants to a new land, crops can adapt to a new environment over time. Most of our crops in Nigeria came from other continents. Stay Blessed.

Lolzzzzz 🤣

I'm sure you no study or do agriculture at any time

said " did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area" - too pedestrian

God that gave oyinbo wheat, and gave us cassava, some places abroad they only have banana and don't have plantain
Abi you think Apple is you see in nigeria is grown here

In crop production, weather, climate, soil type, precipitation etc play different role

Stay blessed too

Ire o

lereinter:
Lolzzzzz 🤣

I'm sure you no study or do agriculture at any time

said " did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area" - too pedestrian

God that gave oyinbo wheat, and gave us cassava, some places abroad they only have banana and don't have plantain
Abi you think Apple is you see in nigeria is grown here

In crop production, weather, climate, soil type, precipitation etc play different role

Stay blessed too

Ire o

Apple is grown in Nigeria now. Read about the Wambugu Apple. Go to Plateau State and see things for yourself there. And wheat is cultivated in Nigeria, though in very small metric tonnes. Do I have to study Agriculture to be a farmer? The foreign looking apples you buy in cities here in Nigeria are now being cultivated even in the southwest. What are you spewing?

lereinter:
Lolzzzzz 🤣

I'm sure you no study or do agriculture at any time

said " did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area" - too pedestrian

God that gave oyinbo wheat, and gave us cassava, some places abroad they only have banana and don't have plantain
Abi you think Apple is you see in nigeria is grown here

In crop production, weather, climate, soil type, precipitation etc play different role

Stay blessed too

Ire o

Yes, weather, climate etc play a role in crop cultivation but modern Agriculture is innovative and the story is changing. Read more online and watch YOUTUBE videos. Stay Blessed.

Corn has improved varieties that can "hold belle n bodi". Can we say same for millet?
I have a leaning towards cropa that are free from modifications (non-GMO). Millet happens to be one but is tasteless and boring. Though good.

CodeTemplarr:
Corn has improved varieties that can "hold belle n bodi". Can we say same for millet?
I have a leaning towards cropa that are free from modifications (non-GMO). Millet happens to be one but is tasteless and boring. Though good.

There are different varieties of Millets. Millets can be used to produce all kinds of snacks when mixed with other flours. Composite flour mixes. It is also very nutritious.

fredwill1357:
Why don't you just educate us on it straight up. I am currently in Abuja.

Do you have farmlands in Abuja?

HanisahZuwy:
Do you have farmlands in Abuja?

no

Their is virtually nothing that grows in north that can’t grow here, in fact it can grow here more than there because we have enough rainfall.
But due to unexposure, education and westernization, people see farming here as work of the forgotten, poor, wretched, so that is why their is limit to what will do. And we are not exploring new stuffs. Omo, the time I planted watermelon in Oyo state and it was very big, many were shouting how is it possible, they said they think only north plant it.
Seriously, their are so many facts that we need to unlearn and relearn.

Tohsynetita1:
Their is virtually nothing that grows in north that can’t grow here, in fact it can grow here more than there because we have enough rainfall.
But due to unexposure, education and westernization, people see farming here as work of the forgotten, poor, wretched, so that is why their is limit to what will do. And we are not exploring new stuffs. Omo, the time I planted watermelon in Oyo state and it was very big, many were shouting how is it possible, they said they think only north plant it.
Seriously, their are so many facts that we need to unlearn and relearn.

You have spoken well, Sir. One Aboki told me two days ago that Cassava is being cultivated in Katsina State through irrigation. I was shocked . These Northerners are very serious about farming. There are no limits to what can be cultivated anywhere. New seeds and cultivars are coming out every year. Plants can adapt to any environment after some years. People should watch more documentaries and read more online. We are yet to scratch the surface when it comes to Agriculture in Nigeria. Thanks.

Redman44:
Have you tried it there and it did not work? I believe some species of Cocoa will thrive in the North . Plantain might be difficult to plant in the North, but hey, why don't we give it a trial? Like I said earlier, Millet and Sorghum grows in Southern Nigeria. They are cultivated in some parts of Oyo State ( Oke Ogun area ).

Did God create a crop to be specifically grown in an area, region or part of the world? Just like immigrants to a new land, crops can adapt to a new environment over time. Most of our crops in Nigeria came from other continents. Stay Blessed.

It is obvious you're ignorant of Nigerian varied vegetation and climatic condition. Very pathetic! Even, if you claim you were not offering Agric science and Geography in secondary school, at least you studied social studies.
Ask a junior secondary school students, he will explain to you.

olawooro:
It is obvious you're ignorant of Nigerian varied vegetation and climatic condition. Very pathetic! Even, if you claim you were not offering Agric science and Geography in secondary school, at least you studied social studies.
Ask a junior secondary school students, he will explain to you.

The world is a different place now where impossible things in Agriculture are happening. I won't say more than that. Cheers.

Redman44:
The world is a different place now where impossible things in Agriculture are happening. I won't say more than that. Cheers.

May God have mercy on you these online farmers who do not have a plot of farm but turn themselves to agricultural consultants

olawooro:
May God have mercy on you these online farmers who do not have a plot of farm but turn themselves to agricultural consultants

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