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Dear Friends,

This is an Official invitation to Yabdi 2016 Ogun State Agribusiness Empowerment Summit
Coming up on Saturday June 25, 2016.

Attend this pratical onsite training where you will be taught about New techniques/procedures in Plantain Cultivation in Nigeria coupled with how to intercrop your plantain with vegetables.

Bonus: practical step by step training on how to cultivate watermelon this season.

Registration is ongoing.

Fee:5,000 per participant. (Training Documents + Light refreshment and certificate)

Venue: HIGHHILL AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
8/10. Moringa Close.
klm.18, Abeokuta/Lagos Expressway, Lala town. Beside Bayak Filling Station, Along Obasanjo farm Akinjole on Obada Oko Road. Ewekoro LGA, Ogun State.
For payment or enquiries: Call or WhatsApp 2348065220074

Dear Friends,

This is an Official invitation to Yabdi 2016 Ogun State Agribusiness Empowerment Summit
Coming up on Saturday June 25, 2016.

Attend this pratical onsite training where you will be taught about New techniques/procedures in Plantain Cultivation in Nigeria coupled with how to intercrop your plantain with vegetables.

Bonus: practical step by step training on how to cultivate watermelon this season.

Registration is ongoing.

Fee:5,000 per participant. (Training Documents + Light refreshment and certificate)

Venue: HIGHHILL AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
8/10. Moringa Close.
klm.18, Abeokuta/Lagos Expressway, Lala town. Beside Bayak Filling Station, Along Obasanjo farm Akinjole on Obada Oko Road. Ewekoro LGA, Ogun State.
For payment or enquiries: Call or WhatsApp 2348065220074

larryburton:
When is the training?
How many day(s) is the training?
Direction from Ibadan please?

Saturday june 25th 2015
A day program
Call us when you get to Abeokuta town.

bshonowo:
Hello,

I'd like to attend this training but here is no date, or details on how to pay.

the phone number provided is just ringing out. Please let me know how to proceed.

thank you

The training is coming up next week Saturday. Contact us for details.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit

Greenage:
Thanks for the table, but may I ask which area and state that is applicable?
I like to buy seeds too please

I developed the calendar for the south.

Opukelala:
Bros how can I get the seeds whatsapp 08151138746

it's available. I will contact you.

olaide68:
Oga wold1,the attachement cant open o, anyway how can I get the pawpaw seed in Ijebu Ode? Thnks pls do me a favour sir send the vegetable plantation schedle to my email address (abdulgafarlukman@gmail.com) Thnks and stay blessed

OK. We deliver nationwide

For effective vegetable farm landscaping or inner perimeter fencing plant Thailand dwarf pawpaw.

Human brain is so smart than any other thing in the world.... you can see a farmer spraying his onion farm using a bicycle and tank fitted at the back side. This guy has saved some money coupled with him getting fit while getting the job done.
This is a simple innovation that can be replicated or improved upon, so let's try out.

I get calls everyday concerning vegetables cultivation the major questions are:
What can I sow?
When can I sow it?
Where can I sow it?
Unfortunately most people still don't understand that agriculture is a business, not a development project. Now talking about veggies, in order of reap the reward on the land, you need to constantly learn, practicalise and understand the act of growing vegetables most especially those that are considered exotic.

The success of growing your vegetables can depend on various factors – including which month to plant or when to sow your seeds. If you are unsure of when to sow, or what you can sow each month, then look no further than my comprehensive breakdown of when to plant vegetables.

Attached is my little working guide try to study and feel free to ask questions.

MyNaijaNaira:
Kudos on this thread and for taking the time out to answer peoples questions.

I've followed this blog post closely and used some of the information that I learnt to progress my own project. This experience has helped me put together a detailed blog post, which I recently published on my blog. You can check it out here How to Start Plantain Farming in Nigeria

I'm sure you will find some of the answers that you are looking. Please feel free to give me your honest feedback.

Let keep preaching the green gold message. But try to give credits.

mikolo80:
are you sure,i heard its big tractor(60hp) that is 4ha per day
pls i am consulting for a force man and i no wan see gobe o
i need to be on point with my facts and figures

My brother. If you are really serious you wouldn't be consulting on the page of nairaland. You should just come to check it live on the farm.

latade:
kindly post it here now

Okay. Make sure you know what to do with your produce after harvesting.

Below are the steps to take:
1. Go for a particular on the farm training so that you will be agronomically empowered.
2. Get a good arable land with excellent ph that supports plantain cultivation.
3. Do proper land clearing.
4. Spend on land preparation and soil treatment
5. Plant your wind breakers.
6. Get a good disease resistance hybrid plantain sucker. I recommend (Treated CGHS its Sold for N150 per sucker)
7. Plant your sucker using standard depth and width.
8. Make available a good alternative source of water for irrigation, you can start with rain but never you really on rain for you plantain plantation.
9. Follow the right plantain management procedures which includes: fertilization, pruning, weeding, de-suckering, worm and pest control.

If you can follow the above mentioned steps you will surely smile to your bank.

mikolo80:
OK how many ha per hr .Pls bear with me and my many qsns

4 ha per day.

iyomomo:
Oga world1 pls are ur seed trays reuseable? Can u pls upload photos. Thanks

Yes. I will upload the pictures tomorrow when I get to the farm.

mikolo80:
how many hectares per day ploughing

Tractor is like your car, you can decided the extent you intend to use it per day once you have fuel and good operator.

dav8id:
Nice writeup @Wolrd1

Thanks.

Pavore9:
Projecting acquiring some expanse of land within Ogun State as upscale stores in Lagos is the target market.

Sure. Am here for you anytime you are ready. We will talk better when we see in Kenya.

latade:
Hello, I have interest in plantain farming, kindly enlighten me on how to go about it

Great. Call through no on my signature.

mikolo80:
only land preparation or all the way to planting/harvest

Total setup.

mikolo80:
with or without implements

Without implements.

mikolo80:
how much for your walking tractor

Around N480k

invinzible1:
World1 can I get a plot of land in abk for livestock farming

Farmland are available around here, but it's sold in acres.

9. FINANCE: Lastly decide how much you will need and where the money will come from.
Follow this step and your business will be great

8. PREPARE EXPECTED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET for your agribusiness, and determine how long it will take to recover the capital invested.

7. MARKETING PLAN:
Write down the marketing plan for your dream agribusiness. Marketing is a fight to have your product or service as the preferred choice of your customers.

How you carry out your marketing determines how far you will go in sales. The marketing plan is your master plan and it will be consulted more than any other document. The key items that you must include in your marketing plan are as follows:-

Simple market survey or research.
Market research need not be complicated as it simply involves:
1) Asking the right questions.
2) Getting information.
3) Making decisions based on the information.

Questions to address during market survey:
4) What market am I targeting? Who will be my major customers? E.g. households, supermarkets, school children, people in estates etc.

5) What are the customer’s preferences or what are they looking for. What are their needs? Remember people will only buy what satisfies their existing need.

6) Is there any competition in the area for the product / service which I want to offer?

7) What are the strengths and weaknesses of competitors? Take advantage of the competitor’s weaknesses.

How much must I sell per month and at what price to break even and make profit?

9) Pricing- The price of your product or service should recover the cost of production and earn a profit. A profit of between 20%-50% can be earned depending on the purchasing power of your customers, the price of competitors, and the inflation rate.

10) Sale tactic-What will be your sale approach or tactic?

11) What will you do with spoiled products?

12) How will you advertise your product /service? e.g. through radio,new media, newspaper, word of mouth etc.

13) How will you deliver the product / service to the customers? Bicycles, vehicles, internet or short message service can be used.

14) Market dynamics- the Market survey questions may change or require modification any time during implementation of the project.

6. COMPETITORS:
Find out who’ll be your competitors, their strengths and weaknesses. Take advantage of their weaknesses by providing what they are not offering the customer.

5. TARGET CUSTOMERS:
Find out who’ll be your target customers (e.g. households, hotels, processors, schools, hospitals etc. what product/ service they need and of what quality.

4. BREAK DOWN THE DREAM into manageable portions.
Being overambitious will lead to frustration and discouragement. Write the steps for achieving your dream or short term goals.

List down 5-10 things you need to do to realize the steps or objectives, which must be simple, measurable (Quantify to enable monitoring of progress) achievable within your resources and abilities, realistic and not out of this world, with timeframe or deadline for each objective.

3. EXPECT TOUGH TIMES:
There are times when things get tough in every business and agribusiness is no exception. Focusing on the dream will keep you going when things are tough as you wait for better times. The dream will drive your passion and motivate you to persist and act to achieve it.

Remain clear about your agribusiness idea and stay focused on achieving your dreams.

2. BE UNIQUE/ ORIGINAL: Your agribusiness must be a solution to an existing human problem or need, and not a mere imitation for it to succeed.
Identify existing gaps to address, moreover every human problem is a business opportunity. This means business opportunities are as many as human problems.