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Hi everyone,

Please what can I plant on 5hectares of lands. I planned to make use of it for cassava but changed my mind because of this uninteresting stories about cassava. I don't want to put my eggs in one basket.

l will suggest you start with one hectare and experiment with vegetables like cucumber, cabbage, capsicum, lettuce etc growing them in sections as they have way shorter maturity time than cassava and higher market value.

I second Pavore.

You can do various crops. Even watermelon. You can still try cassava on one or two hectares for a test run.
If you're somewhat risk shy, variety would be ideal.

Pavore9:
l will suggest you start with one hectare and experiment with vegetables like cucumber, cabbage, capsicum, lettuce etc growing them in sections as they have way shorter maturity time than cassava and higher market value.

Great advice. There is what is called time value for money. Why keep money tied up for 12 months with an unsteady market when you can actually plant crops which are in greater demand and have much shorter maturity time?

Thanks guys.
@Stagger, crops such as what? I am sorry I I am asking too much. Will be planting cassava on another hectares.

Hardeyholla:
Thanks guys.
@Stagger, crops such as what? I am sorry I I am asking too much. Will be planting cassava on another hectares.

Pavore has listed some. All over the agric thread, there are loads of examples of what you can plant. Personally, I am doing maize on soe of my lands which have been lying fallow in Nasarawa state. I actually want to test some things with maize this year.

You know yourself, how much money you have and what crops are in demand in your area. So do your own research and make your own decisions. You have enough info here to do so.