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Wike is for Peter Obi.
From consumption to production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lznI93SUyaw

Obi is a goal. From consumption to production


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lznI93SUyaw

Imagine the hidden profits if one could invest hugely in yam in sack farming

A lot to be done to keep yourself going. For example, you can engage yourself in ugu farming business. Also consider yam in sack farming


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

The only problem I have with doctors is that they don't think outside the box. Its always about their profession, no side hustling. Everybody needs multiple stream of income to achieve much.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-KGAmjh9c

Enemyofpeace:
See all I bought few minutes ago for just fifty thousand naira. Now my Christmas is set.


God no go shame us

Just two pieces of yam.
Start yam in sack farming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-KGAmjh9c

Roasted yam and stew


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-KGAmjh9c

Let everybody start farming. The price will come down


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-KGAmjh9c

The above analysis can be applied to 1000 bags and above

Food is expensive in Nigeria today because many people are no longer going to farm largely because of Fulani herdsmen, kidnapping, and generally insecurity. Unfortunately, there is no end in sight unless we elect a visionary leader come 2023.
Everyone should engage in farming even at low scale. With the advent of sack farming, you don't need to enter bush to do your farming.
With what I got this year from my yam farming in sack, I will no longer buy yam in market

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Nutritionist in the house, who can compare and contrast Apple and Pawpaw in terms of health benefit for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhVCXhD7_Y

Ugu farming guarantees steady daily income


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Agriculture is the way out now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Now let look at it from business point of view. If we should invest in farming 100 bags in yam-in-sack farming, how much are we going to input in the business and what's the likely return on the investment.
For this analysis, we are going to use
1. 100 pieces of seed yam valued @#20,000 @#200 per seed yam.
2. 100 pieces of sack = #5000 @ #50 each
3. Labour= #5000
Total cost =#30k

After harvesting, we likely going to get over 100 pieces of yam valued at average price of #800 translating to
#80,000
50 pieces of seed yam at #200 each giving #10,000

Now cost = #30k
Proceeds = #90k
Now returns on investment = 200%

Note, this is just a guide on how the business will look like. There could be many plus and minus

Sensiblerealist:
Thanks a lot. You left out the other 3 though.i also want to explore this, at least to provide food for the household from within. Nice work

Check very well, I have answered the other three down the thread

Size of the sack.
This is another important factor in yam farming. You can use cement bag if your target is to produce multiple yam seed. However, if your aim is to produce big yam, the bigger the sack, the better

Time of planting.
Planting yam seed at the right time gives the expected output. The best time to plant is around February/March, before or after the first rain. Planting this period helps you optimize the rainfall fully and get the best out of it.

If you plant an unhealthy seed yam, definitely, the yield will not be encouraging. The size and quality of the seed yam among other variables affect the output. The bigger the size of the seed yam, the better. The potential energy differs according to seed yam size. Yam infested with disease or with rotten parts will definitely not do well.

Sensiblerealist:
Can you give concise details on the outlined?

Soil is platform for seed germination. In recent time, plants are grown without soil. Soil provides support and nutrients for root development and plant growth. Irrespective of soil type available in your area, what's so important is the nutrient content. From my experience, manure and compost are major source of the needed nutrients. Compost is easy to produce and manure can be sourced from any nearby chicken/Pig farm. Soil rich in compost manure gives outstanding result

IamAsiri:
The issue I have is getting soil of that magnitude. Else, I would have gone for it since. How can I go about that? I have more than enough manure but the problem is getting soil.

This is an investment. You can put top soil in cement bags as much as you can in any location you found it available and then transport to your farm

Soil
Quality and size of seed yam
Time of planting
Size of sack

These are parameters that played major role in the result obtained.

Here is one of the identified key performance index.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-KGAmjh9c

Before you fully launch into any business, you have to do small trial run, during this period, you have to identify some key performance index that will be instrumental to the expected result. Once you have succeeded in getting your targeted result, you can boldly say you have what is called
Proof of concept.
In the coming year, all I need is to expand the process. Now from the present to commercial quantity
Am going to open a thread on that once I start.
If I can try about 100 sacks, who says I can't multiply it by 10.

The seed yam I got from the harvest

Very much possible. From consumption to production.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Very nice business. The only problem with the business at the moment is the high cost of feed.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Let's compare the yam-in-sack farming with the conventional method of farming yam.
1. You can get your produce in 7/8months as against the normal 10/11months
2. Minimal labour against the tedious work involved from land clearing to harvesting
3. Weeding is almost zero here
4. Building Yam trellis easier here
5. The yield is enormous here
6. Nutrients conserved and reused, not washed away.
7. The taste is better
8. Start up capital very small
9. The market price cheaper since the cost of production is lower
10. Easy to harvest
11. Less injured yam after harvest.

Feel free to add yours

Everything here is from the sack

You must consider some factors in order to achieve good result.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYGnOwSWlk

Harvested from the sack shown below

Do you know that the taste of this yam is different from the one in market? after eating this yam, I vowed not to buy yam again in market.
In fact, what I have now can carry me throughout the year.