I have a cassava farm going to hectre of land. But am looking to sell off the the most reasonable price. I got to know that there are some buyers around lagos and ogun state. Please if you deal in the buying or selling of cassava i'll appreciate your input on this thread on the best option to sell off or process the cassava Produce.

I have 2 acres of cassava for harvest towards the 2nd quarter of 2014. Kindly unfold the tread for the buyers & sellers here.

Emma Ajayi: I have 2 acres of cassava for harvest towards the 2nd quarter of 2014. Kindly unfold the tread for the buyers & sellers here.

During my research i can across this cassava mill buyers, http://www.tfinigeria.com , and i hope other individuals can contribute more to this thread based on their experiences with other sellers that they know.

@ pman06 and Emma the cassava market is big so it all depend on the varriety of cassava u grow, it your cassava has high starch content, you are better contacting nigerian starch mills, matna foods or plstary international.

E-Jaja:
@ pman06 and Emma the cassava market is big so it all depend on the varriety of cassava u grow, it your cassava has high starch content, you are better contacting nigerian starch mills, matna foods or plstary international.

Thanks for the info bro. Please, how was your experience with them? Do they have a price range that use to buy? I will try and search abt them and see what will come up.

The problem with cassava is not getting the market but coping with the ridiculous price been offer by some buyers, can you imagine a buyer pricing a tonne of cassava for 20,000 naira.
you can also join the agriculture community on www. where you can interact with farmers and other agriculture professionals across the world and also downoad weekly prices of agric commodity/foodstuff from market in lagos.

@ pman06
I have not dealt with any of them but In my cause of research I have come to know about them. The price ranges from 12 to 25k depending on who ur selling urs to, and how well the root is in terms of freshness. I also forgot to mention ekha agro who is another very major buyer of cassava

@ realdeal is 20k per ton is it not better of that what the garri buyers would offer, or the price of cassave three years back the went for as low as 7k

Can we pls know where the following companies are located.Matna foods,Pistary International & Nigeria Starh Mills.Thanks.

Matna is in ondo state, Nigeria startch mill ins in anambra state and plstary is in oyo state, you can google them to get their full address

E-Jaja:
Matna is in ondo state, Nigeria startch mill ins in anambra state and plstary is in oyo state, you can google them to get their full address

I think ekha agro is in ogun state. Do you know exactly how to locate them?

Cassava as dropped in the market as it is now, and a deal of 20k will be a good deal. But competitive price of buyers will help in knowing where to sell to for maximum profit.

I heard there are atleast 3companies in ogun state that do buy cassava, but i have no clue how to locate them.

Realdeals: The problem with cassava is not getting the market but coping with the ridiculous price been offer by some buyers, can you imagine a buyer pricing a tonne of cassava for 20,000 naira.
you can also join the agriculture community on www. where you can interact with farmers and other agriculture professionals across the world and also downoad weekly prices of agric commodity/foodstuff from market in lagos.

Nice input bro, will peruse through the site if anything on cassava buyers is discussed.

@pman06 I totally agree with you on the price drop, but as u said shopiing around for the right price is the best. I thing ur best bet would be nigeria starch mill, as the buy at farm gate and handle the transportation them self. I also heard there are two other companies in lagos that pay 25k per ton but still can't get hold of their names.
The 20k ur mentione is that including or excluding transportation cost.
As for able to make go profit in cassave farming I thinks is to Identify who ur casssava is ment for, by so doing u have a buyer even before havest and an agreed price. Secondly try as much as to ensure you follow atandard agronomic practices by so doing you should be able to attain an average of 25 ton per hectare. HaTty farmer get as much as 30 to 50 ton per hectare.so in a situation were u are able to produce more per hectare that's to ur. Own good as u tend to make.

I would like to ask how many hectares do you have abd were is ur farm located, and finally what was ur cost of growing Per hectare.!!!!
Hope to hear from u soon.

Thanks guys

@ E-Jaja I have an hectre of land planted late last year in october in abeokuta. My plan is to sell in january when the price per tonne will be rising then, as according to my findings, cassava sells high around march - april. But is nigeria starch mills in lagos? Am jst a new graduate who took the risk of going into agriculture last year, so selling my one hectre profitably will determine how many hectres i'll plant this new year. And if you can help with the other buyers buying high in lagos, i'll appreciate that alot. Thanks for the input.

@Pman06
I really do not have an idea as to the price flunctuation of cassava, when is best to sell. As for Nigeria starch mail their factory is in ihiala in anambra state, but they have an office in lagos.
I would advice you leave ur cassaave for 18 months so as achive yield of between 30 and above (note this only in a very ideal state, were best all best agronomy practices are apllied and varities are planted).

I would like to ask how much it cost you to grow a hectare and what variety di you grow?.

E-Jaja:
@Pman06
I really do not have an idea as to the price flunctuation of cassava, when is best to sell. As for Nigeria starch mail their factory is in ihiala in anambra state, but they have an office in lagos.
I would advice you leave ur cassaave for 18 months so as achive yield of between 30 and above (note this only in a very ideal state, were best all best agronomy practices are apllied and varities are planted).

I would like to ask how much it cost you to grow a hectare and what variety di you grow?.

First am not an agric student, i just happen to risk planting cassava to see how it turns out, which means i have no clue about the variety i planted, i just source for it from local farmers. As for the cost, am sure you wont spend more than 100k. Just earmark 100k, but am sure you wont spend it all.

pman06:

First am not an agric student, i just happen to risk planting cassava to see how it turns out, which means i have no clue about the variety i planted, i just source for it from local farmers. As for the cost, am sure you wont spend more than 100k. Just earmark 100k, but am sure you wont spend it all.

You need to know which variety you planted. The modern varieties yield on the average 30 tons per hectare. Selling at 20k per ton, you can walk away with N600k for your N100k investment, which is not bad for a variety that produces in a few months.

But if you used the old varieties that only yield about 10tons per hectare, then you stand to make just N200k, leaving you with N100k profit. These species also take much longer to produce.

Which is better: N500k or N100k? The difference lies in a simple decision and some research done at the start of your planting journey. See why information is very important?

I also forgot to mention that the variety you plant will determine if the crop will survive the cassava mosaic disease, especially the recombinant version which emanated from Uganda and spread throughout Africa in the mid-90s.

@stagger

Well as i said, i only took to planting as i had the interest in agriculture. I know about this varieties now, and i know how to get them from ibadan to my farm. My concern now is selling what i have now, and if the variety i planted yields close to the acclaimed 30ton/hct, why buy another, when i can easily replant my stems and save cost. Not until i sell the one growing on my farm, i wont know its yield. But thanks for your bit, its much appreciated, and do you have any experience with some buyers before?

@ pmann06
Well the fact you did not dtudy agric is no excuse for ur ignorance, I studied computing at both BSc and Msc level so but I have done my research properly in thr last 6 months and am ready to hit the groun runing with alll the information I have gathered. As for the what stagger said regarding local and improvoed variaties are true if you planted the old variaty you should be expecting between 5 to 11 tons and the upper limits applies only when the soil is fertile and best agronomic practices are apllied along side fetilizer. Mind you I would not advice you to replant you current stem if you do no know the variety, knowing the variety u have makes it easier to sell. On the other hand if you can't sell to industrial users then you can go a step forward by adding value to the cassava root by converting it to Garri or fufu and u can sell to the local market @ a resonable price.

@ stagger I would like to plead that u give people complete information, and not just give a generic information which does not give intennded farmers a proper information.
the national average for cassava per hectare is 25 tons. To achive this certain things have to be put in place.

E-Jaja:
@ pmann06
Well the fact you did not dtudy agric is no excuse for ur ignorance, I studied computing at both BSc and Msc level so but I have done my research properly in thr last 6 months and am ready to hit the groun runing with alll the information I have gathered. As for the what stagger said regarding local and improvoed variaties are true if you planted the old variaty you should be expecting between 5 to 11 tons and the upper limits applies only when the soil is fertile and best agronomic practices are apllied along side fetilizer. Mind you I would not advice you to replant you current stem if you do no know the variety, knowing the variety u have makes it easier to sell. On the other hand if you can't sell to industrial users then you can go a step forward by adding value to the cassava root by converting it to Garri or fufu and u can sell to the local market @ a resonable price.

@ stagger I would like to plead that u give people complete information, and not just give a generic information which does not give intennded farmers a proper information.
the national average for cassava per hectare is 25 tons. To achive this certain things have to be put in place.

Thank you for your contribution. I have loads of information on cassava. I farmed it at subsistence level, intercropping with maize when I was much younger. I merely pointed out to pmann06 the value of knowing what variety he planted because it can make the difference between a successful harvest and a total crop failure. But like he identified, he went into it to see what it was all about and frankly, I give him kudos for at least putting into practice something he wanted to do unlike many graduates I meet here in Abuja and in my village calling me and asking me to give them work or give them money.

@ stagger I do agree with you, but ignorance can be very costly most times in agriculture, as graduates we were taught to analyse.I expected him to have applied that knowlege in this case.

@pman06 you can also sell ur cassava Stem to make more money too, which inturn you can then use to buy stems of varieties u know and is adequate for ur target market

stagger:

Thank you for your contribution. I have loads of information on cassava. I farmed it at subsistence level, intercropping with maize when I was much younger. I merely pointed out to pmann06 the value of knowing what variety he planted because it can make the difference between a successful harvest and a total crop failure. But like he identified, he went into it to see what it was all about and frankly, I give him kudos for at least putting into practice something he wanted to do unlike many graduates I meet here in Abuja and in my village calling me and asking me to give them work or give them money.

Thanks for your valuable contributions. Please what was ur experience with selling of cassava tubbers?

All of your inputs is highly appreciated. Thanks.

pman06:

Thanks for your valuable contributions. Please what was ur experience with selling of cassava tubbers?

All of your inputs is highly appreciated. Thanks.

I never sold them. They were used to make gari, fufu and starch, all for our use. Besides, this was between 1988 and 1992. It is too long ago now, considering we have better varieties now that are higher yielding and more resistant to disease.

I'm interested in investing on cassava biz either in planting or buying from harvesters and produces any of the it's product and sell but I need somebody who can guard me through .

Here's my email kengregreg@yahoo.com

@yakus
You have to identify what you want to use your root for as various product have particular varieties that are higly profitable for their production.

If I may ask do you have land and what size is it?

How much capital do u have to invest?

And in what area do you want to base ur production and farming facilities?

@E-Jaja
Well, my plan is to lease ten acres or buy it outright if the price is conducive for me and my aim to cultivate cassava crop of high variety quality that will be profitable . So I want to know how much this can cost me to execute and also a guardian that can assit me through . Appreciate for ur concern E-Jaja

I was having a phone number of a cassava purchasing officer in one company at Sango ota. They use it in production of ethanol. They need over 300 tones dailly. If I search my old phone and see the number, I can post it here

Oila: I was having a phone number of a cassava purchasing officer in one company at Sango ota. They use it in production of ethanol. They need over 300 tones dailly. If I search my old phone and see the number, I can post it here

You will do well bro, if you can help us with that. Will be appreciated no doubt.

yakuz: @E-Jaja
Well, my plan is to lease ten acres or buy it outright if the price is conducive for me and my aim to cultivate cassava crop of high variety quality that will be profitable . So I want to know how much this can cost me to execute and also a guardian that can assit me through . Appreciate for ur concern E-Jaja

My suggestion is that, if you have such money to buy the lands, why not just use it to rent more land, 1hectre is 5k per year. Cheaper and saves cost too.

yakuz: @E-Jaja
Well, my plan is to lease ten acres or buy it outright if the price is conducive for me and my aim to cultivate cassava crop of high variety quality that will be profitable . So I want to know how much this can cost me to execute and also a guardian that can assit me through . Appreciate for ur concern E-Jaja

@yakuz
Well it all depends on how much u have for a start, growing a hectare of cassava would cost u between 100 - 150k depending on variable factors, in my own opinion I would advice you go with pman06 were u lease more land and produce more cassava by so doing, u multipled the money you would have used for land buying. In my own opinion I would advice if you have the money you should start with
Also make sure that ur would be farmland is in a resonable radius to ur prospective buyer which would save u cost on transportation. 6 I 10 hectares (13 - 25 arces)
As for the land make sure the soil fertility is very okay, as it is another factor that would determine how well ur cassava would do and how much fertilizer you would need to apply, the lesser the fertilizer require the ur cost of production.
And lastly always identify your target market as it would enble you grow the right variety.

As for being ur guardian it would be my pleasure.

@pman06
I would like to find out if you based in abeokutA and. Would want to help me with a favour?