Farming in Nigeria Made Easy. There are many large scale and small scale farmers. If you are looking to start a farming business, then you have a lot of choices. In fact, as long as you have land, water, labour and a lot of good ideas, then you are really spoiled for choice. In this small note, I will introduce the common small scale farming options. In short, you could consider livestock or horticultural farming. If you can, then a hybrid of the 2 will be even better.
Livestock Farming
Cows

Cattle are a good option for areas which are not entirely suitable for growing crops.

Most cows will survive in arid areas provided you have a good supply of clean fresh water. In this case, there are 2 main options: cattle for beef or dairy cows. Keeping dairy cows makes more sense for the small scale farmer because they provide a regular daily income. Good cows go for the range of N100k - 150k whereas some also go for N80 - 120k First and foremost prepare your land before you purchase the cows. You need to make sure there is water, the structure where cows will stay if you will zero graze and may be some houses for your farm labourers. Good dairy cattle will yield 18 - 26 litres. To maintain high yield, you will need to provide good quality feeds.
Pigs
Pig farming in Nigeria has really taken off. The demand far outstrips the supply. And pig farming is actually quite simple in comparison to other livestock. There are many advantages with keeping pigs, namely: they do not require a very strict diet, they give birth regularly; they do not need large spaces. The key challenges with pig farming are because of religion and culture. Many consider the pig an unclean animal. I don’t actually know the market price now but an average pig should weigh 60 kg.
Chicken
Chicken are natural to look after in small numbers. Most people will at some stage in their life kept hens, and will remember taking freshly laid eggs straight to the breakfast table. When scaled up, and you are looking after 500 - 1000 chicken, then the game changes quite a bit. For one reason, chicken in big numbers are very sensitive to disease. Then you need to be aware that competition is fierce in the egg and chicken industry. In fact the biggest challenge is securing reliable customers. Of course the big hotels have great demand for these products, but they expect the supplier to be consistent. To get the products on time every time to the hoteliers then becomes very difficult.
Goats
Fish Farming
Fingerlings are in high demand and there is excess supply. A basic setup would consist of ponds, piping and pump - which comes to about N50k. There should be 3 ponds to include a small one for the breeders. The fingerlings mature in 3 months and are born monthly. This is excellent for the small scale farmer because every month you can have fingerlings for sale. Be sure to watch out for mosquitoes. You will need a labourer to continually feed the fingerlings. Theft is minimal as the common thug would prefer to buy ready to eat fish size not to rear them.
Grasscutter
Duck
Turkey
Sheep

Rabbits
How about to invest in rabbit farming? You get about N1500 - 2000 per kg for rabbit meat. The hide / fur can retail for about N500 a piece.
Horticultural Farming
I will not go into the standard cash crops: Coffee and Tea, because the small scale farmer starting out now is not likely to choose this option
Are you looking to start a low loss small scale business? Look no further, herein lies a good option if you have
• Land - a plot of 1/8 acre
• Water
• Labour
With a little capital, you can construct your own farm and start growing crops all year round without and not relying on weather. This are examples of crops that do particularly well
• Tomatoes
• Green Vegetables - Cabbage,
• Herbs
• Cassava
• Maize
• Yam
• Pepper
• Banana
• A combination of the above
• Etc…..
What Food Crop Does The Market Need? You need to research the food crop that the market needs, Understand how to deliver the crop to your market - retail or wholesale and Calculate the possible returns. Then you can check the profit margin and determine whether worthwhile. In addition, you must look at common challenges affecting the crop or its sale. What Do You Want To Grow? Tomatoes , Green vegetables, Herbs. Finally consider whether you need to grow them in a your farm If the answer is yes, then continue ...
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