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Please Agric experts and practitioners ,I have one acre of land in a little bit far away place so I wont be going there frequently,maybe once in a month.The area is not yet developed.
I wish to fence it and put a gate there and have water well there. What can I plant there that will not require frequent monitoring and that can be profitable?
There are also 2 different plots and 2 and 3 plots in areas that are not developed yet.Location is Ogun State.

1. Sack farming, cost effective and utilizes the land area, you can plant yam in the sacks and get high yield

2. vegetable farming but needs and attendant to water it and look after daily. They grow with minimal spacing needed, they are short term, 1 month to three months and they are profitable.

3. green house farming, profitable but expensive to set up.

mightycrowns44:
Please Agric experts and practitioners ,I have one acre of land in a little bit far away place so I wont be going there frequently,maybe once in a month.The area is not yet developed.
I wish to fence it and put a gate there and have water well there. What can I plant there that will not require frequent monitoring and that can be profitable?
There are also 2 different plots and 2 and 3 plots in areas that are not developed yet.Location is Ogun State.

Baba, Good evening. Let me give you my own opinion. See, don't plant vegetables or do greenhouse farming on your acre of land. Since you won't be coming there frequently, you should think of long term farming. Vegetables will require your presence at least three times a week. Is the land acquired for farming alone or you plan to build your house on it later on? Here are my suggestions:
1. Plant plantain and bananas on the land. You can get plantain and banana suckers from different sources in the Southwest of Nigeria. You can come once a month to check on your banana and plantain . It is a good business.
2. You can also plant Cocoa there. You can plant plantain alongside Cocoa on the land. The plantains will act as a shade for the Cocoa until the Cocoa trees mature. Cocoa beans are in high demand these days locally and internationally.
3. Plant bitter kola on the land. Or plant Bitter Kola on three plots of the acre and plant Cocoa on the other three plots. Read up on bitter kola and Cocoa farming. God bless you, bro. Cheers.

mightycrowns44:
Please Agric experts and practitioners ,I have one acre of land in a little bit far away place so I wont be going there frequently,maybe once in a month.The area is not yet developed.
I wish to fence it and put a gate there and have water well there. What can I plant there that will not require frequent monitoring and that can be profitable?
There are also 2 different plots and 2 and 3 plots in areas that are not developed yet.Location is Ogun State.

Since you will not be going there regularly, for example if you will be going there biweekly, you can still do maize or 3 months crops.
If you it’s monthly, you can do cassava, cocoa, pineapple, cashew, coconut, palm oil.
If it’s like 2 months gap, you can do : palm kernel, cashew, coffee, kola,pawpaw, plantain, Banana etc.
Crop farming doesn’t require all your time like livestock.
You can just familiarize with your environment over there and have extra eyes that watches over it.

Thanks a lot .

nurey:
1. Sack farming, cost effective and utilizes the land area, you can plant yam in the sacks and get high yield

2. vegetable farming but needs and attendant to water it and look after daily. They grow with minimal spacing needed, they are short term, 1 month to three months and they are profitable.

3. green house farming, profitable but expensive to set up.

Thanks a lot.

Redman44:
Baba, Good evening. Let me give you my own opinion. See, don't plant vegetables or do greenhouse farming on your acre of land. Since you won't be coming there frequently, you should think of long term farming. Vegetables will require your presence at least three times a week. Is the land acquired for farming alone or you plan to build your house on it later on? Here are my suggestions:
1. Plant plantain and bananas on the land. You can get plantain and banana suckers from different sources in the Southwest of Nigeria. You can come once a month to check on your banana and plantain . It is a good business.
2. You can also plant Cocoa there. You can plant plantain alongside Cocoa on the land. The plantains will act as a shade for the Cocoa until the Cocoa trees mature. Cocoa beans are in high demand these days locally and internationally.
3. Plant bitter kola on the land. Or plant Bitter Kola on three plots of the acre and plant Cocoa on the other three plots. Read up on bitter kola and Cocoa farming. God bless you, bro. Cheers.