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The fact is this: the justice system in the US works far better than it does in Nigeria. Everyone gets his or her day in court. That is what the courts are there for. No one spends 10 years awaiting trial over there, unlike in Nigeria where 70% of inmates are all awaiting trial.

Digital forensics is what will solve this case. The trial should not take more than 8 weeks at the most. Dammy Krane may be innocent, but if the bookings were made from an app on his personal phone, it will be hard to prove his innocence.

This is why I do not allow anyone to access my phone or computers. Not even to browse. Odikwa very risky o!

Who is funding this? Abi na from budget padding?

Cherie04:
thank you so much for this detailed analysis , I have some questions :
- Do you know if the seeds you bought are aflatoxic or not?
-Was the land you used bushy?
-does the seed planter give perfect spacing and if so do you still need to make ridges?
-will organic fertilizers give maximum yield?, cos I planned on poultry manure, mixing it in the heaps before planting
-i heard scarecrows are effective in preventing birds from swooping in
-lastly where is your farm located?

The seeds were pre-treated. As for aflatoxin, it is the land that you treat with Aflasafe. It is hand sprinkled on the land just before flowering and it lasts for some years.

- Was the land bushy? Of course, that is why I got it cleared manually. It is just 1 hectare and I needed to preserve the top soil. When I go on a larger scale (maybe as many as 10 hectares), then I have to use tractors to clear it. I intend to buy a tractor for this purpose and adhere to best clearing practices to preserve the top soil.

- Organic fertilizers vs inorganic: I believe chicken droppings qualify as organic fertilizers. However, I read somewhere that there is a technique to the application, else it will have adverse effects. I plan to use GNLD Super Gro. Remember I said I am testing things...

Muktar111:
1.5 hectare maize farm leased in Niyya Farms Kaduna state; Cost so far:-
#15,000 for the annual lease
#10,000 for manual clearing
#7,200 for ploughing
#20,000 for manual planting
#5,000 for spraying (powerforce and crackdown)
#9,000 for seeds (Sammaz 37)
#90,000 for fertilizer (8 bags of NPK 20:10:10 and 6 bags of urea)
Total so far: #156,000

Looks like you got fertilizer at the govt approved price. How did you do it?

I will see if I can make some inquiries about solving the bird issues. If I get any new info that actually works, I will be back here. Till then, off I go back to the farm!

NwaAmaikpe:


The world's best player....the most successful gay footballer.

This guy has made gays worldwide very proud.

Who said he is gay? Someone who had 11 ladies he was shagging at a point in time simultaneously!

jidestroud:
I practice 100% practical farming, I don't do online farming sir, neither do I do e-farming/e-books materials.

https://www.nairaland.com/3742886/starting-up-vegetable-farm-garden

That's a link to my real practical farm garden with real practical solutions.

I repeat, there is no such thing as avian plus that kills birds off. If you have done your research as you claim, you should know this. It is not practicable, not eco-friendly and certainly not imaginable.

And if I eventually run into one that kills birds off, I will surely take it up with the manufacturers. Jail term loading

Will check out your link though. There's always room for acquisition of knowledge.
Thanks.

When I see "ITKs" like you, I get really ticked off.

First, I am not the one who said anything about Avian Plus. You should have seen that it came from the quoted post and not from me. So the bolded part of your statement is totally irrelevant and if I must say, very patronizing.

Second, you lifted the stuff you wrote from a website. We are asking for someone with practical experience dealing with birds, not some stuff written by an American website which may not be of benefit to us here given that the Avian species we deal with here are different.

Thirdly, we are talking of maize, not a vegetable garden. As you can see, this is a thread for maize farmers and not vegetable farmers. So your experience with your vegetables may or may not apply here.

Finally, we are not interested in your environmental advocacy as that is not the issue being raised here. We are asking for a PRACTICAL solution to keep birds away and need someone who has actually used it on a maize farm successfully.

Please if you have nothing better to contribute, leave consuming Nairaland's bandwidth and allow those who have something positive to share to do so.

jidestroud:
From my research on birds invasion on farmlands, there are a couple of ways to fight them off which ranges from;
1. Usage of visual devices; scarecrow, Effigies
(An effigy is when a dead bird is hung upside down, about three feet off of the ground, to deter other birds from coming near the area), cd plates as reflectors, etc which is mostly adopted.

2. Distress Calls
Birds naturally warn other birds of danger. There are many noise devices that are specially designed to produce copy-cat or loud noises and bird danger calls to deter other birds from coming near the area.

3. Bird Repellent
Unlike many other methods, bird repellent is really the only surefire way to repel birds and prevent them from ever wanting to return. But which one is the best for preventing bird damage to corn crops? Pay attention to the ingredients and make sure that it won’t affect the growth or taste of your crops. Even though many repellents may effectively keep birds away, the negative side effects of the product may end up causing more harm than good.

Note: avian plus is a bird food supplement.

But killing of birds with chemicals? Haaaaa...that's not environmental friendly. It negates nature.

You copied this from a website I stumbled on 2 days ago on my research. We actually seek practical experiences here.

I think that Legsupnigeria has changed his FB address. It is now www.facebook.com/waleagro.

fison:
Below is the breakdown analysis of my maize farm;

Cost analysis for start up of maize farm on one hectare of land:
All calculations is based on one hectare (15plots; 100m by 100m)


»Pre-stage:
Collection of Form from Govt ₦500
Annual payment ₦5,000


»First phase:
Ploughing ₦11,000
20kg of maize ₦5,000
Planting ₦3,500
Spraying cost ₦3,500
Glyphosate 4 @ ₦1,000 = ₦4,000
Attrazine Powder 4 @ ₦1,600 = ₦6,400
NPK 15:15 Fertilizer (15kg) 4bags@₦10,500 = ₦42,000


»2nd phase of maize farming:
Fertilizer application (labour cost for 4bags) ₦4,000
Striker 4 @ ₦2,200 = ₦8,800
Attrazine powder 4 @ ₦1,500 = ₦6,000
Cost of spraying ₦4,000
Transportation of fertilizer to farm ₦1,000


»Pests infestation:
Sniper 3 @ ₦3,000 = ₦9,000
Best 3 @ ₦2,500 = ₦7,500
Labour ₦4,000


»»Third and last phase of maize weeds spraying:
Striker 3 @ ₦2,200 = ₦6,600
Attrazine powder 3 @₦1,500 = ₦4,500.
Cost of spraying ₦4,000

Thanks for this. Please what is the Best and Striker chemicals used for? Are they insecticides or pesticides?

goldbim:
He did the crime,he should do the time....who knows maybe this isn't his first time.all these celebs can't be trusted! i hope 9ce will learn from this and stop encouraging young boys to be like those wire wire guys he praised in his living things song.That song is a mockery of hardworking youths!!

Has he been tried in a court of law and found guilty? You Nigerians are something else.

dragon2:
60k an acre seems too much.Thats about 150k a hectare. Is it machine or manual clearance? How thick is the vegetation? I would think more 50-60k a hectare for manual labour.

You are right. 60k an acre is for clearance and heaping (not even ridging) is daylight robbery. Even tractor hire won't cost that much.

I just got the following:

- 20kg of Oba98 at N375 per kilo from Premier Seeds: (7,500)
- Leased 1 hectare of land: 10,500
- land clearing: 20,000 (opted for manual clearing to preserve the top soil. I also want to plough in the stump remnants into the soil)
- 3 litres of Paraquat @ 1,600 each: 4,800
- 3 kg of Atrazine Powder @ 2,300 each: 6,900
- Sprayer will spray the herbicides at 10,500 for the entire hectare.
- Seed planter from China: 50,000 (could have been cheaper but I used express shipping). I plan to hire 1 person to plant the whole hectare in one day @ 5,000 max. I want to get the spacing spot on and reduce labour costs.
- Tractor hiring for tilling and harrowing: not yet negotiated.

Here is my plan.
- I will plant half the land now, and half in two weeks time. This is to provide a gap in fruiting to allow me sell the first half fresh.
- I plan to use organic fertilizer 100%. I have searched for the inorganic one at govt price of 5,500. It is not available and it is N10,000 in the open market. Not cost-effective if you ask me.
- Insecticides will be used at the appropriate time.

Threats?
- Rodents
- Birds
- ??Army worms
- Herdsmen

Still searching for solutions to these possible threats. I am told that special routes for grazing were created for the herdsmen in that area and there have been no squabbles between farmers and the herdsmen in that area in recent history. We shall see how this goes.

TARGETS
2 cobs per plant, X 50,000 plants at spacing of 25cm X 75cm goal will deliver 100,000 cobs.
Allowance will be made for 50% loss of plants, so we aim to get 50,000 fresh cobs, 100 cobs per bag, N3,000 per bag. This will deliver returns of N1.5m as worst case scenario (for investment of N200,000).

I plan to sell fresh maize, not shelled maize. I will do shelled maize in the dry season with a borehole on another land I own.

Please note: this is a pilot project so my goal here is to learn, learn and learn before I expand.
- Shelled maize vs Fresh maize: which pays better?
- is 100% organic fertilizer use a feasible replacement for inorganic NPK/Urea?
- what is the best solution to contain the threats I mentioned above?

These are the questions I seek to answer.

akpamuomenka:
The young man has chosen the part that is suitable for him, why are you crying?.

He knows his weakness and hv seen that acting will cost him his marriage and family and he quits. Why are you lamenting?.


His name is Emeka Enyiocha from Ala Igbo, why are you comparing him with Ramson Noah and Desmond Eliot?.


Is it a crime to venture into business, why can't you reason with him?.


why? why? why?.

At least he does not need to use stolen credit cards to pay for private jet rides. He works for his money.

OP,
better state your price here.

Saliubello sells his for 250,000 if I am correct. One other company that advertises here sells their 9hp unit for 325,000 and 13hp unit for 400,000. I have also found from my seed planter experience that I can get these things at least 30% cheaper by importing from any of the numerous companies on Alibaba direct.

So better state your price here. We too are also busy people and do not have time or credit to be calling over something you can simply state here. A consumer has lots of choice. The internet has demystified a lot of things.

successmatters:
Long overdue, peace mass has been growing in leaps and bounds since the last 10 years or so. With over 3000 buses on the roads, they should be baking their own bread.

3,000 buses? They have close to 30,000 buses!

Why are we still talking of scarecrows in the year 2017? I thought there is a medication that is applied to seeds which poisons the birds? Can the experts tell us how this is to be applied?

I wonder why it is so difficult for vendors on this thread to simply indicate the price when asked.

No one knew the man was concocting evil against his President then. Fear the hearts of men.

Time tested method: walk into a shop and buy something, usually some edibles. Then ask the shop owner for directions. Otherwise, use Google Maps. It has never failed me.

Let's clap for him. Someone who could not provide security for the Chibok schoolgirls.

That means that the guy is actually stranded in France.

eph123:
So why does he want fantastically corrupt people to vote for him?

His family wealth is in Panama. I guess he too, is corrupt, but not fantastically so.

eph123:
Here they go again, that was how Cameron came to campaign then during Festival of Life at Excel and still called us fantastically corrupt barely how many months later.

Anyway, it is Labor all the way! Eod.

Was Cameron lying? Are we not fantastically corrupt with all these monies being discovered in houses, grave yards, farms, etc? Look at the people being honoured in celebrations like Rivers at 50, etc. See those being given awards at the ceremony: the same thieves who have plundered Rivers state over the years. Why were the likes of Late Professors Diete Koki, Bestman the Mathematician, Gabriel Okara, etc not honored? But the likes of Mama Peace who cannot explain how she made all the dollars in Skye bank and other places are the ones being honored.

Are we not fantastically corrupt?

IhateAfonjas:

West Ham ??

This is why you don't start playing for big clubs when you're just 20 years old

Ronaldo began with Lisbon

James Rodriguez : Fc porto

Neymar : Santos

Messi : even though he graduated from Barcelona academy, they left him on the bench at the senior team

Pogba : left united to go start from Juventus which is a small club

Zlatan : Ajax

Van dar sar : Ajax

If you refer to Juventus as a small club, then you really are a joker. Go and read the club's history. The best of the best in Italy have played at the Old Lady of Turin, including the MVP of the 1982 World Cup Paolo Rossi.

Bolaji21:
I just received a payoneer card and I'm not freelancing presently. So I wanna sell it to those who really need it.

Price is N7000 only (negotiable) , send me an email or call adeademi2@gmail.com for quick transaction.
0811 003 6314

The card is attached to your name. If the person has to do verifications in future, what does the person do? You should not be selling this card especially when it can be obtained for free.

Finally got it from a Chinese company at a reduced cost. Thanks for all the ideas.

What do you expect? All the brain matter has been used in packaging the boobs. Not surprised!

What happens if the car suffers an accident, is stolen, incurs police trouble, suffers some serious damage, etc? These are the risks and threats that a taxi business suffers and you must give critical thought of what you will do in such circumstancesin terms of meeting up with payments. You know the state of our roads. You know how police and various task forces on the road behave. Not to talk of VIO, FRSC wahala, etc.

You are based in Akure. Why not borrow N50,000 from someone, travel to Ekiti to source kolanuts and look for where to sell them up north? Your levels of risk are much lower than in the taxi business. It also reduces the amount of money you are looking for as capital.

Forgive my harshness, but I have to be very frank with you about these things. Business carries real risks!

I can actually live with a Yemi Osinbajo acting presidency. At least he is cerebral enough to understand the nation's issues and can interact with people to know how these things can be worked on.

Very hard to accomplish with a President that has no standard 6 paper to show.