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Pilinpaperzgrup:
High density planting technique produce still grade A,

everyone is a plantain farmer, but what grade are they producing? #plantainking #gradeAproducer #getwithme #dothiseveryweek #blessingsonblessings

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Atlanticfire:
I think it might be better to grow rice in the rain forest zone instead of the savanna and derived savanna belt.

This will reduce the worry of the birds as the birds are more endemic in the savanna grassland. Also herdsmen wahala is also less in the rain forest zone.

I can give you up to 20 acres of land free for rice farming in delta state rainforest region.

We'll catch up on this later. Let me master the game first in the savanna.

billyG:
most pple consumes rice on d table without any input or knows how hard to produce a handful of grains into finish edible rice.i wish i hav d wherewithal to help in design & making of drones for agric purposes,majority of our engineers & scientists are not problem solvers.

Fill these gaps and smile to the bank!

But I now understand that only a combination of options will be effective around the south here.

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TangoAlpha:
Yes o!

Your thread on your Ofada rice experience encouraged me to start my own thread and share my story. I had only been a read and go member of Nairaland until your thread forced me out into public space.

It'd be a great pleasure if these discussions could turn out into real life actionable ideas leading to desired results.

definitely, new lessons have been learnt. In the light these discussions, my personal resolve to try rice farming once again is even stronger. But really, non of the mentioned comes cheap. I'll try it again.

TangoAlpha:
Thank you so much for this extra work. I sincerely appreciate you even more.

I intend going back to the farm for rice if my issues (quelea birds being the greatest) are resolved satisfactorily.

I'm not too surprised that the nets are already being used by rice farmers in Nigeria given that field tests were done over ten years ago. The question is what particular type are they using? Where are the nets sourced from? What's the cost? What dimensions do they come in? In their experience, what's the average lifespan of the nets?

Like the Oliver Twist that I am, could kindly assist me further by asking your contacts these questions.
The feedback will provide valuable inputs into my viability assessments; which will intimate sanction my going back to crop rice.

One inch mesh should shut out Quelea quelea, even though the mesh size of the nets I have considered so far in my research is 3/4 square inches.

These efforts of yours confirms that we have made significant progress with quelea control quest.

Thank you sir.

I am encouraged by the prospect of the nets being very very affordable.

I can explore the prospect of a one acre irrigated and net covered pilot during this dry season.

Let the details of this net come in first...lol

I am also curious about the information @iedide is about to share with us....

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I'm with you on this too.

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billyG:
am just joking,how can rice b cheap?with all it problems frm tilling,planting,birds,pest,herdmen,to harvesting,couple with cost of chemicals,seeds & technology making rice farming d most difficult,unpredictable,labour & capital intensive type of farming.

All along this chains, there exist a lot of missing gaps, needs that need to be satisfied, problems that requires solutions. The youths can be actively and positively engaged without fraud, cheat or lies.

Let me be a little more practical. There exist no ceremony across the various ethnic groups where rice and chicken are not appreciated by the guests. What that tells us is that those who position to grow the rice and chicken will always have a filled or swell time by every purchase made.

That's the drive towards rice. In fact this Ofada rice in particular is a great meal that is served even in Government houses and functions.

Ofada rice is the real premium rice.

billyG:
counting chicks b4 dey hatch,make una make rice affordable na!

Disprove it if it's not true friend. Just Google it now! Don't just make comments vaguely.

maisauki:
I salute your doggedness, dear. I too will share my experience of sesame seed, groundnut, zobo, etc when i'm a bit free insha Allah
meanwhile it was today that i finished processin d sesame i got from my farm

I can't wait to read about it. Some of these experiences from other areas will definitely inspire "some youths" out there to try out something "new".

TangoAlpha:
I do not have an idea of what this might cost, but I can guess that it won't be cheap; as FarmTech already hinted. I do think that it would be quite effective. The suddenness of the explosive noise from firecrackers will always startle the birds. They are not likely to adapt to it easily.

The electronic detection will be rated by range in terms of distance of reach. That should answer your question of size of farm it can cover. You will determine the number you need based on the rated range versus size of farm and the number of boundaries your farm has. If the detector revolves while scanning then the area protected will be measured using the radius/diameter of reach. If it's a stationary detector, then expect to have it on all four (if four) boundaries of your farm. Another advantage of this system is that it does not rely heavily on continued human inputs. I imagine that it would be supported by solar power.


A less techy version is to deploy firecrackers manually and without an electronic detector. So human labor will manually trigger the fire crackers on sighting the birds. This might make the cost less prohibitive, but will its determined on the commitment of the workforce.

Cheers

Reducing the human interface as much as possible to me is a wise decision. However expensive this might be, I will give it a try God willing.

I was reviewing these conversations with my people today, then one said, to make this a success any tech product bought for bird chasing will have to be secured by a paid guard on the field, else the challenge of being stolen from the field.

I will definitely give this a shot

FarmTech:
These birds are mean oo. Another strategy I once read is high tech. It involves using electronic rays to detect bird approaching the farm. When detected, it triggers rocket-propelled firecracker that will scare off the birds. This one may be unreacheable for most farmers.

I think this is what I need. The mechanism of operation is quite adequate to serve it's intended purpose. On the flip side, will this be able to serve a large field? If yes, how large can the field be??

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Haroseng:
Kindly drop ur contact details...am in ibadan and wld like to speak wt u sir. An email or phone number wld do sir. Thanks

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FarmTech:
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I once read somewhere that strips of reflective aluminum foil will scare birds away. Maybe u people shud try it.

are you refering to old cassette tapes?? If it that, it didn't help much. It kept them for only few days. When they understood it's lifeless, they go close to the rice at will but in droves instead. Just my observations.