₦airaland Forum

Firstman01:
@world1
how do we differentiate btw plantain and banana plants b4 their fruiting stage.
Personally i dont know until i start seeing their full grown fruits. I know also host of other members here do not also. Kindly educate us.

I won't bother you with scientific terms. Plantain suckers are darker and has less strings around the balls unlike bananas. Bananas is paleer than plantain.
Then physically Plantain resemble banana but are longer in length, have a thicker skin, and contain more starch. They are usually cooked and not eaten raw unless they are very ripe.

knowledge4:
With N250,000.00 you can cultivate an acre of plantain
The N250,000.00 conveniently takes care of the cost of suckers to plant (@ N80.00/sucker), the weeding, clearing and harvesting processes.
Depending on the spacing between two suckers, you can plant up to 1000 suckers on an acre of land
Giving 5% allowance for losses,you will be harvesting 950 bunches
Your profits depends on the timing of harvest and the ruling price in the market and the density of competition.
Assuming you sell a bunch for N1000.00, you have had a successful outing already

Na wahoo.
Why mislead people here, ok let see the picture of a farm you've done with that amount before.

brixton:
You have been meeting the wrong govt officials... I think first thing should be to belong to a cooperative, make representations to bank of agric and d rest.

Drive back to Alausa, go to the perm sec of agric' office and ask of Mr. Akiola. He will better inform u.

OK.
Well am a kingmaker in Agri-Business and I have thousands of result to show for it. Cooperative is for starters not for someone like me am into bigger agric projects that involved over 100 youths that why am looking for the right source.

Plantain is an important staple food in many developing countries, especially in Africa. It provides food security and income for small-scale farmers who represent the majority of producers. Only about 15% of the global plantain production is involved in international trade; most production is consumed domestically.

For people outside d country ànd those with busy schedule, d best option is plantain farming as it requires just a minimal part of time.
Contact us now

PapaBrowne:
Without bias, this has been the most agriculture friendly government in the history of Nigeria. The interest Nigerians have taken in Agriculture is unprecedented.

I started an Agribusiness firm under this administration and as a direct result of Adesina's policies and we are running business worth millions of dollars in less than 2 years of operating.

If you attended Agra Innovate held last month in Lagos, you would have met with a host of young Agribusiness entrepreneurs who are pushing the limits of Agriculture. Majority of them attest to the fact that GEJ/Adesina's policies remain one of the key motivating factors.

The opportunities in Agriculture have been made more visible by this administration. The recently concluded YABDI you guys held in Ogbomosho is a testament. The fact that we have a very active agriculture board is a testament.

This government might have failed in security, Anti corruption and a host other areas, but to say it has failed in Agriculture would be utterly dishonest.

Hello papa brown,
Good morning, kindly state what or processes involved in accessing any of this government claimed agriculture funds?
I was at the federal ministry of agriculture Ogun state on Wednesday but I was told they know nothing about it. I drove down to lagos same story
Someone should tell us were and what to do.

carzim:
When is the Abeokuta training coming up, I'm really interested

Saturday 31st of January 2015
Register now @ www.yabdi.org

How do we benefit from this?
Can someone give us the procedure or mode of application.

Lesgupnigeria:
Although proper registration will.be starting next month.
you can check the ministry of agriculture in your local government area.

My brother, you and I know that this is one of those numerous initiative that design exclusively for the elite farmer and their kids.
The ideal It's a good one but i wonder why everything is coded in this country?

Agric loan today agric fund tomorrow but we the real farmers are not getting the loan not to talk of grants.

Well as for me I will continue to help and expose youth to the secret of making it fast and big in Agri-Business.

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yemmit90:
Hello Ajayi, I'm a plantain farmer and I won't lie to you the business is highly lucrative if you have someone that would put you through. Aside the fact that you cannot start a plantain farm at this period of the year,there are various factors you need to put into consideration.

Just try to update this thread when the new rainy season start approaching and i will give you one or two advise or better still search for a material on the net.

Warning; you may need a practical knowledge from a reliable farmer before you start. Goodluck!

You can plant your plantain at anytime of the year all you need is water let us be creative and more innovative in our approach to agriculture in fact turn it to agribusiness.

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cardoso111:
how do i reach you to source matetials

Good morning, My mobile number is on the signature below.

tlops:
They sent the youth to agriculture while the matured loot the oil.

Join YABDI and get involved

Natural Nutrient Limited is a registered agribusiness consultancy firm with proven track record, excellent result and superb management skills in crops farming.

Our team of highly exposed pratical farmers uses organic farming methodology coupled with advance techniques in setting up Plantain Plantation.

Our Holistic Agribusiness Solutions services:
Agricultural Investment Package. (yearly payout)
Land Procurement and Documentation.
Perimeter Fencing Setup. (trees and barb wire)
Land Clearing both manual and mechanized.
Farm Layout Design.
Land Preparation.
Sales of Cameroon Giant Hybrid Suckers.
Suckers Planting.
Fertilizer Procurement both Organic and Non Organic.
Fertilizer Applications.
Weeding Management.
Farm staff Sourcing.
Training of Skilled and Unskilled farm workers.
Construction of Agro-Processing centre.
Farm Produce Marketing.
General Farm Management.

Management
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It is a fact that practicing Agriculture the same way our fore fathers did it, will amount to suffering and poverty. Application of technology and innovation into Agriculture will go a long way to involve more youths in Agriculture and generate money for farmers.

How Do Youth Benefit From This Program I Mean Which Office Can We Register Our Name Or Where Do We Pick The Form from

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Sutsillac:
Hello world1, are there still slots for disbursement? I am interested in this scheme.

Dear friend if you attend the pratical training at ogbomosho then yes but if you didn't no more slot.
Register for our next training at Abeokuta

Am learning you guys keep it coming

HighIQ:
Have you heard of the word 'going...going...gone!' .The following Jobs may soon come to a complete halt in Nigeria. Just the same way many wildlifes are disappearing from our forests. Here are some of those job that are seriously endangered of extinction. Only time will tell.

1)POST MAILING- Nowadays, people now prefer to send their letters via social media rather than going to the post office. The post office was once known for her overcrowding but that's not the case again nowadays.

2) CASHIER- Machines can easily replace most services rendered by cashiers in banks and other places. Only Human preference and level of illiteracy is holding this back. This will surely be overcame with time.

3) CIVIL ENGINEERING- You know why? The government of our country now prefers to award road/railway/construction contract to foreigners mostly from China and Korea, rather than giving this to engineers in Nigeria. Very soon many Nigerians who studied this course may find it difficult to express their knowledge and ability in this field.

4) JOURNALISM (Newspapers)- Who are those that buy newspapers.? They are mostly old people who as little or no knowledge of the internet. The youths of nowadays simply prefers to view news and happenings on bloggers sites and other websites.

5)FINE ART (Drawing)- there are some newly developed app for phones/computer that can sketch, design,paint and bring out great artwork. They can change human pics to pencil or cartoon type. This can easily be enlarge and printed out which really save time and money.

6)PHOTOGRAPHY- Since the emergence of camera phones,many photographers now complains that people now prefers to snap pictures with their phones rather coming to them.

7)WRIST- WATCH REPAIRING- Many people nowadays, don't consider going to repair their wrist watches when they got spoilt due to the presence of time on their phones. So if you don't want to die of hunger, better don't risk learning this trade.

VIII) CALL CENTERS: Almost all Nigerians now owns a GSM. Besides. Many telecommunication network service now offers calling rates at cheaper price. With this, i don't see any reason going to call at a call centre.

9)CYBER CAFE/BUSINESS CENTRES: Just like GSM. Very soon many Nigerians would soon be a proud owner of their own computers laptops, and printers. When this happens so many of them would prefer to carry out their transaction online in their homes than to go to a Cafe.

10)OKADA BUSINESS- In state like Lagos, riding motorcycles had been barred in many of their highways. There is still high tendency that other states may still regulate this rule.

11)SECURITY GUARDS- There are various machines and robots that can equally perform this Job. But human preference and the high capital involve is still holding this back.

12) FARMING- Many youths in Nigeria are now running away from farming. They now prefers white collar job. I hope one day,we won't be employing labourers from countries like Togo,mozambique and Niger republic to come and work in our farms for us.

Talking about no 12. You don't know anything about agribusiness just Saturday almost 100 youth gather at the Youth Agri-Business Development Initiative www.yabdi.org
See as young people dey make money from agric

CarewAye:
thanks for the response @Babacele

I need organic seeds and will need certificate from the source/company stating that the seeds are genuinely organic.

thanks once again

This is serious, for you to be asking of certificate that means you are buying large quantities.
please contract your farm setup to me when you are seed is ready.

These companies have agents and you can never buy direct you need to buy from agents except you traveled abroad to buy from them.
The seed companies are brought into Nigeria by some people.
If you need any seeds from East-West and Thai Chai then talk to us @ YABDI 08065220074

bawelat:
were in ogun state and how many plot in an acre what is the plot measurment.pls can u pls forward the cost/profit analysis of setting up a plantain farm to be interplant with cucumber to my e-maill pls,tanz bawelat@gmail.com

6 plots
120/60
Contact me personally because I don't send analysis to people's email.
My number is on my signature

Ok

Dammyoni18:
Op tnx for the info, am really interestd alrdy snt u a sms n left u a watsapp msg, wud luv to hear frm u. God bless!

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sandy4lv:
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This is really encouraging. I will surely go into farming in future. Pls what is the tractor for and how much does it cost?

I for ploughing and harrowing
New tractor is 4.5 millions

We appreciate you all

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