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| Overcoming some common challenges in oil palm farming by Karbswell(op): 12:00pm On Jan 06 |
While you are preparing to venture into oil palm plantation farming, prepare your mind that the first 4 years will be your years of struggle and real time investment in human and material resources to ensure the sustainability of the oil palm farm . Withing the first two years some of the challenges we face in oil palm farming are weed management and rodents attack on young oil palm seedlings .These two challenges are capable of frustrating the farm owner to the extent of abandoning the farm .The best solution to this is to take a decisive action on weed management .Heavy weeds in oil palm farm attract rodents and other wild animal to fed on the young palm seedlings . Another common challenges in oil palm farming is failure to replace dead palm trees during year 2.By the end of year 1 every new oil palm is likely to experience reduction in plant population due to rodent attack or weeds infestation . Failure to replace dead palm trees will lead to reduction in plant population and loss of yield in the future . Another common challenges in oil palm farming which usually occur in year 3 to 4 is unproductive palm tree. At these stage fruition production should start and failure to achieve this maybe as a result of planting the wrong seedlings or planting of what we called F2 seedlings which takes longer period to start producing or become a barren plant .We always advised that when your oil palm tree is 4 years old without producing any fruits do not hesitate to cut it down and replace them with a Tenera oil palm of the highest grade quality . Mistakes are common phenomenon in human struggles but not knowing your mistakes and improving on them could be the reason why businesses go into extinction within their first decade . OUR SERVICE INCLUDES highlight We have access to farmland in ife government reserve land Osun state Sold at the rate of 140k to 170k per acre depending on the location in the reserve suitable for all tree crops like oil palm and cocoa farming ( note : you are required to pay government tax to Osun state annually ).farmland is free from Fulani herdsmen and all form of vices highly restricted due to presence of security guards . # 300k per acre available for sale at ASA LG of kwara suitable for cashew and sheanut farming # ijebu igbo Ogun state 350k per acre # ilaro Ogun state 250k per acre We also have a complete note on cost implication of setting up a commercial oil palm farm and potential future returns on investment at your request . 07062053560
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| Re: Overcoming some common challenges in oil palm farming by Earthstorms(m): 2:24am On Feb 13 |
Karbswell:How much is the tax that needs to be paid to Osun state government every year for the ife farmland? What happens if someone defaults? |
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