Agribusiness training in Ibadan on Production of following crops, Cassava, Maize, Soya beans and Vegetables, also Exporting of Commodities with ease, the rudiments....

I am very happy to be back to this forum, i have been silent for may reasons known to me but with the persuasive messages and advice from many, i decided to back.
Some years back i am preaching Cultivation of Cassava in a commercial way, many took the advice and i know that they will be smiling to the bank now.

What are the steps to take in Commercial production of cassava.

Soil analysis of your land soil: this will allow you to know the fertilizer to be used.
Adequate Land preparation: Three maximum land preparation must be done, i.e 1st plough, 2nd plough and Harrow, for mechanical planting, Ridging if it is manual planting.
Adequate Pre and post emergence Chemical application. Also make sure your chemical is original not fake.
Allow adequate planting spacing, this will allow your population per stand to be ok.


More to come soon.

For further information, call 08033540233 or adelekesola@gmail.com

Congratulations to all the cassava farmer and intending, I wish you this because, cassava has turn to Gold. I have received several emails, text, calls on how to go about cassava production and marketing. I will look forward to help anybody who needs it. Welcome to your year of bumper harvest. Do you know Garri is N250 per Congo, Odourless fufu is N280k per ton and Flour also has gone up. Be a cassava farmer today and no regret.

The story is true, the man is my father.

oglalasioux:
The problem with agriculture in Nigeria is land. No one wants to relinquish his land for industrial farms. Speaking from experience from my home town.

Oglalasioux, the problem with agriculture is not only land but many, but we can still find a way. Where is ur home town, let me know your location and suggest a way out to you.

leadknight123:
I want to go into cassava farming in kogi state, I have access to about one hectare of land, but I realise from reading the thread that all sales and marketing of cassava is done in Ogun and Lagos, is there anyone with ideas on where to sell produce in kogi and states surrounding it, these states are ekiti, ondo, kwara, Edo. Thank you, and is there any cassava farmer in kogi I can get in touch with. God bless you all

Dear Mr. Farmers to be, Siting and locating of your farm very close to your off taker market is very important, this will reduce the cost of transportation, Transportation in cassava production takes huge amount of money away from your profit and so you need to get a land, not only that , your market and target market.
More so, an Hectare is too small to produce for a big blue chip company. Why dont you prepare very well and get close to 10 ha. For huge cassava production, one needs big time land for it.
Call me to set more light in your path.

I received a lot of calls, emails from many prospective farmers who want to go into Agriculture, many want information how go about it, many want money instantly from agriculture, but all of them want to do Farming.

I have an information for you:
The first thing to have is Passion, and love to venture your time and money into Agriculture.
Do u want to have rest of mind in farming, Crude has failed Nigeria has a country.
What next is Agriculture, if u are not involve now, when.......
Call me on 08033540233 for more solution on how invest right in farming.
I will be happy to join me on board and revolutionize the green revolution together.
Welcome.

Olusola Adeleke
Research Technician, High Quality Cassava Flour Project,
Value Chain Project, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Ibadan.
08033540233
07086316323
adelekesola@gmail.com

amarawa:
You have to call IITA directly. Google them

Call me on 08033540233.

ACDONCHRIS:
Thanks everyone for responding promptly. Kindly take note of the following:
1. The plant's daily raw material requirement is 20 tons of fresh cassava tubers.
2. The plant is situated @ Owode in Ogun State.
3. Tell us the varieties you have.
4. What is your price per ton, if you are to deliver it to the factory?
5. Alternatively, what is your price per ton, if we are to come to your farm and convey it to the plant?
6. Include your phone number and location in your response.
7. What are your preferred payment terms?
Pls send the details of your response to: ogucheakor@gmail.com as soon as possible. Thanks.

I have cassava of close to 100 ha, the variety planted is TME 419, factory gate price is 12000 per ton while farm gate is 15000 per ton.
call me on 08033540233

ACDONCHRIS:
We just set up a new Garri Processing Plant in Ogun, and want to test run the plant before next week. If there is anyone in the house with useful information on how I can get fresh cassava tubers to buy in any of the above mentioned states, please let me know as soon as possible.
I shall be requiring constant supply as well. How much is your price per ton. Pls be reasonable with your pricing. thank you.

Where is your location and what is the quantity your factory is processinng per day.
I am selling you very good variety ranges from tme 289, 30572, even i have yellow root,. that can give you yellow garri like Ibo type.
The quantity will determine the price i am going to sell for you.
Thanks

kingjerrydan:

my location is in Agbara. and how much do you sell per tonne? better still you can mail your quote to umoh.daniel@natural-prime.com or call me for better conversation or drop your number I will call you

07086316323

kingjerrydan:
Pls we need farmers to supply cassava. Interested Suppliers should kindly contact us on 08031870785 Mr. Jerry

Where is ur locations and how much are you buying Per tons.

GreenAcres:
This is specifically for all the cassava gurus - doctorisa, lesgupnigeria etc

Please how is harvesting done on a large cassava farm? I have seen manual harvesting in small sized manageable farms, but farms on say 5 hectares! Please enlightened me o. Am developing interest in agriculture, especially cassava, and am wondering if there are mechanised methods of harvesting.

Thanks all

When you want to Harvest large cassava plantation, one has to use mechanical harvester, In iita, we have different types depending on the topography of the land, the season you are harvesting and the spacing of your cassava when planted.
See me for more details.

Lesgupnigeria:
There are 2type of producing Tissue cultured suckers.

1.Tissue cultured plant produced through laboratory manipulation of plantain DNA make up

2.On-the- field tissue cultured suckers

1.Laboratory manipulation of the genetic make up of plantain species

This is done to produce new hybrid variety.

I will talk more on how to produce on-the-field tissue cultured suckers




stay connected.

Dear Mr. Lesgupnigeria, Your experience in farming concerning tissue culture technique is very very shallow, you people just want to mislead others who really interested in Agriculture, i want you to believe that, right thinking mind are numerous on this fora. My concern is those guys who are not much embedded in farming. A word is enough for the wise. Ask from Hotmas and Dr. Issa even Jethro. They know me and i dont need further introduction. Good Day.

Lesgupnigeria:

I understand all what you mean.
i will answer all your questions and expansiate better with step by step pictures and videos very soon.
I will give it out for free only for agropreneurs and strictly for plantain farmers.
please bear with me.
thanks

Ok, Thanks, i will be waiting to hear from you.

Johnnyessence:
Thks for ur explanation, bro lesgubnigeria is it nice for a fresher in plantain farming to start tissue suckers in d first year .pls need ur reply sir am learning a lot here.

Mr. Legusbnigeria, can you vividly explain, what is tissue culture? How can you get very clean plantain and banana suckers through tissue culture technique.
Do you know what agriculture technocrats called GM crops or products? Let me come down a little here, GM is Genetically modified Crop through Biotechnology, DNA Extraction etc. I will be waiting to hear from you.

pman06:


Does this means that manual farmer can make a return of say, 30tons using this varieties? Cos if you ask me, a 25ton return is quite huge and reasonable. So are you in IB now, would appreciate meeting up with you if possible.

You will be welcome. call me on 08033540233.

I was listening to one of south west Governor in Nigeria last week, complaining about the shortage in statutory allocation to the state by the Federal Government of Nigeria, He said, He will not be able to pay October Salary of the civil servant of the state.
Now, For the past Years He has been in the Govt, what he has done to increase IGR of the state...... Nothing. Resources are there to tap, Our state has tremendous land for agriculture, from Ibadan, to Ogbomosho, to Igbeti, to Ighoho down sepeteri.
Agriculture, i am very sure, one can make up to Billions of Naira from it, all things being equal. But, all these opportunities are left undone.

However, what can we do in this forum to help our to be politicians to divert all their attention to agriculture. I need your comments.

Lesgupnigeria:
I just have 3 questions for you
1. Are you a farmer? (with pictorial proofs)
2. Have you.being into any farming business before.
3. Can you give us the right and the correct survey and research?

....Awaiting your response sir.

I am just having time to reply you, i am farmer, not only a farmer, i have been involving in cassava farming in nigeria for the past 10 years, over the time i have cultivated not less than 2000 ha fully mechanization from land preparation to harvesting even marketing.
So discussing this is not trying to insult but try to send the right information to people out side there that has interest in farming.
Also i am cassava value chain expert iita. I dont need to show you any pictures.
If you want to know me google my name of check fb. adeleke olusola abiola.
Regards.

jethro2:
TME is not good for garri. It has higher starch content. Your target for TME should be the processing factory.
Use our local factories if you aim is cassava. Please don't just plant because everyone is planting. Be sure of your target mlarket. Do your home work.

There is no cassava varieties that are not good for garri, we have a lot of varieties in iita, I have a book on that, close to 59 different improved varieties released for farmers, I can send anybody the book free of charge if you are interested. According to jethro, when you want to cultivate cassava, plant to the specification of the target processor. Regards.

Lesgupnigeria: In the past,Nigeria has relied so much on oil
that other sectors of.the economy have either
been abandoned or little attention are being
pay to them;agricultural sectors which remain
one of the abandoned sector.
In the 70's and 80's,agriculture is the main
drive of the economy generating hundred of
thousands of jobs for its people but in this
new millenium,opposite is the case.
For the first time in the history of
Nigeria,government are now paying attention
to the agriculture especially the cassava as a
crop. This is because Nigeria is the largest
producer of cassava and also the economic
impact cassava can make for the country and
the populace.
Thanks to the administration of President
Goodluck Jonathan even though even though i
am not a supporter of any political party.
The believe is that proper partnership with the
private sector will surely steer the ship of this
government new-found-love to a glorious
destination.
I hope this short article can also encourage
young unemployed graduates and investors to
venture into cassava farming to help them
create wealth and jobs for the people of this
country.
Our cassava farm management programme is
ongoing and with the few hectares of land
remaining,we are open to people that wants to
earn a living and create wealth for themselves
and their family.
We set up farms,manage farmland for busy
executives.
We also are involve in processing and
marketing of agric products.
Email yusuffgbenga@gmail.com for more info.
Our cassava management programme is as
follows:

STAGE 1
Land lease - #5,000/Hectare
1st ploughing - #7,000
2nd ploughing - #7,000
10 Months improved TME419 Cassava stems
#9,000
Planting - #8,000

STAGE 2
1st weeding - #9,000
2litres of N.P.K @1800/litre #3,600

STAGE 3
2nd weeding - #9,000
2litres of urea @#1,500/litre #3,000

STAGE 4
3rd weeding - #9,000
Harvesting - #5,000
Management fee - #40,000
Total cost # 114,600
Target yield = 25tons
1ton =#15,000 - #20,000
Income = #15,000 * 25= #375,000
Profit =#375,000 - #114,600
= #260,400 within 10months
For more info email:yusuffgbenga@gmail.com

Oga gbenga, your quotation above is wrong. Your survey and research is baseless. Can you proof your claims?.

jethro2: For the investors, free land will be given by the community for the building of a solid project that will utilize cassava as raw material

Welldone, I pray that one company evolve in that end and alleviate the sufffering/ of the farmers.

doctorisa: a full truck of cassava stems arrive today...we are now set to start planting about 120acres of cassava

Dr. Issa, How about you paid for the cassava stem and your provider do not supply you you stem? do not give you the right Varieties?
Pls, try to follow the nitty gritty of cassava production, all the agronomic practices and you will get good result.
I wish you good luck.

aguiyi:

please , assuming i am buying something from suckers or stems from IITA, is it right to pay to the staffs account number or to IITA , i dont know how the organisation is structured hence my question.

If you need any of the item, you can get them from contacted staff, iita is non-profit NGO, so you get any thing from farmers through iita staff in contact.
Regards

jethro2:
Thanks for this
Some people visit our farmers in the village with the story of 6 and 9 months. I was not in the farm during their visit. It was difficult to convince the farmers that its not true. Thanks a lot

Do you work on SOYABEANS?

Yes i do, soya beans is my second crop i am cultivating.
call me on 08033540233 to discuss.

aguiyi:

please can i have their contact?

i was to buy suckers from them but the distance between Ibadan and Enugu were my farm is discouraged me though i have gotten suckers in ph here but i still need to consult them as i progress.

Are they also in Animal rearing?

thanks

Ok, IITA is not into animal, our mandate based on six crops namely Maize, Cassava, Yam, Cowpea, plantain and Banana, we have another organisation in IITA called Africa Rice, that deals with Rice, also we have another one called ILRI, deals with Animal but not working along with the farmer like IITA do.
On your plantain, i can give you this number, he is our expert,08023268834, his name is Murphy.

doctorisa: fellow nairalanders the person who comment above is a consultant in IITA you can mail him if you have futher question or want to meet him in person adelekesola@
gmail.com ....Sir I hail ooo with merciful respect

There Dr Isa, Thanks for the accolades, hopefully i will see you in of this day.

aguiyi:

are you serious?


pls were is IITA office in the south east

IITA has its headquarter in Ibadan South west, we have research farm plots all around the country, we have one in Onne port harcourt, and some farms are in Ubiaja in Edo states. You can go to IITA.ORG for more information.

samuel25: How long does it takes these species ( TME
419, TMS 97/0162 and TMS 98/0505) before harvest?

Every improved varieties will give you good yield and makes you profit by one year, if anybody tells you lesser than that, let him or her demonstrate it.
Cassava is a crop of One year. Shikena!

doctorisa: its better to plant cassava. Plantain will eat up the land. And discourage future development..

Plantain and cassava are two different plants that there agronomic practices are entirely different.
Plantain is perennial while cassava is annual crop. One can plant them together if the land is yours. Plantain will be on the farm until Jesus comes while you can be harvesting your cassava from the same farm year in year out.
The spacing of your plantain will determine how you are going to plant your cassava, they will normally not discourage and disturb their mixed cropping .

doctorisa: TME is an IITA genebank number..you can get the stem in IITA or any agric institute closer to you

TME is Tropical Manihot Esculenta, That is specific and Generic name for the Cassava Family. Not as Genebank number of iita improved varieties as smentioned By Dr isa..
A lot people on this thread do not know what Cassava Production is all about, Not just get the write up anywhere and try to relay as if one has tried it. I am not condemning everybody contribution but lets just be factual, truthful and sincere.
I want people to be sincere 100% about any information are sharing on this forum.
Regards.