felixzo1:
i am planing on planting ugu and tomatoes only ,dry season farming, whats your take on dry season farming and profitability compared to raining season

panzaar:
With great passion, I followed your thread and I must say that its quite interesting.

As a businessman and by experience, I have a strong conviction that the vegetable or tomato cartel in the open market such as mile 12 can be broken by bypassing these big markets and creating a network of small markets in cities across southern Nigeria especially Lagos by lowering prices slightly in the short run.

This creation of a network of small open markets must come from the concerted effort of dynamic and passionate young agribusiness men and women. A good example of this small open market exist at Iyana Iba bus stop along the Badagry express way in Lagos where assorted vegetables are sold every saturday from as early as 6am. Most of these sellers and farmers sell produce from nearby small farms and from Badagry. The vegetables sold in this market are of very good quality and very affordable.

I must also say that I'm very much interested in tomatoe farming especially after the training you delivered at Ogbomoso under YABDI.

Keep up the good work.

jethro2:

Lol. Information is power. Take good advantage of it so we can all make Nigeria a better place

panzaar:
Creating a network of small markets begins with registration of an association or cooperative of farmers outlets with emphasis on quality control, standardisation of farm produce, with facilities such as mobile cold rooms. This market must be fully controlled by farmers or their representatives. Anyone who wants to join must register with the association and adhere strictly with the rules of the association.

I am working on acquiring mobile cold rooms for the preservation of perishable food items. This will help such markets in guaranteeing availability of a variety of food items throughout the year.


Jethro, I believe we can call for expression of interest of young agribusiness men and women
sometime in the year.

My dear young and able comrades, we can do this.

If we can think it, we can do it.

jethro2:

Tomato is a crop that has no enemy...........
Tomatoe can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stew, soup and other delicacies

jeffmyson:


@jethro2, why do you think mile 12 is dominated by northerners and in extension fresh Produce business in Nigeria and in your own opinion can those fresh produce be grown in South West Nigeria?

My take on the whole issue is that the Lagos markets operates in cartels and tend to control the supply and in extension the price offered to farmers. This is where we need young savvy entrepreneurs to break the cartel and deliver quality, hygienic products at very affordable price.

The mass market remains the key to success in Agri business and I would rather sell 1000 basket a day for 20 naira profit than sell 100 basket a day for 50 naira profit. The money is in the mass market and we need to start seeing it that way and working that way.

Another issue with majority of our farmers is that every produce is heading towards lagos thereby creating a glut in the market which invariably leads to price reduction. There are many cities in Nigeria with less population but with good markets for fresh produce and can offer better prices.

Cheers!

jeffmyson:


My brother forming associations is not the solutions! That's exactly what those guys at mile 12 are doing. Let's encourage private businesses to take the lead and bring standard products to markets at very good prices. There are alternative models to reach the market aside the open market model.

We have to start by creating packing houses at the point of produce origin! Pack them well and transport them efficiently. By removing the inefficiency in the chain you can even sell cheaper than the guys at Mile 12 and then you will see how the paradigm will shift!

okych16:
yea... i will do just that, can't belive i've been wasting my talent in the polictical section for nothing.

jethro2:
Since the YABDI Ogbomosho project, I have received several calls and enquiries from nairalanders on the production and marketing of Tomatoes profitably in Nigeria.
Hence forth I am going to be writing on my experiences , mistakes, solutions and the way forward as Tomato farmer .
Tomato is a crop that has no enemy. No tribal, cultural, nor religious sentiments about tomato.
Both young and old loves and takes tomatoes.
Tomatoe can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stew, soup and other delicacies

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anonimi:


Make I give you three Gbosas for your very nice contribution of FRESH practical ideas on this thread.

More blessings o jare

anonimi:



Dynamic agripreneurs need to liaise with supermarkets to establish quality grades & packaging standards to supply them at competitive prices. Ditto for hotels, eateries, bukas etc.

Let us exercise our brains creatively to add value and earn better.

jeffmyson:


To be candid, no tomatoes farm will yield 100 tons per hectare unless it is grown in a green house. Dangote farm postulation is just a pipe dream and that is why farmers in Kadawa, Kano refused his seeds and asked him to try it out on his demonstration to see how it works first.

The problem with most young farmers is that they want to become overnight millionaire in farming business! It just does not work that way. We have people who just want to attend a 3 hours seminar and then start their own farm immediately and most times they always fail. They are deceived by those peddling those seminars and when they finally go into it, they find out its not that easy and profitable and they end up frustrated.

Farming is a vocation and it takes time and experience to become very profitable.

panzaar:
Creating a network of small markets begins with registration of an association or cooperative of farmers outlets with emphasis on quality control, standardisation of farm produce, with facilities such as mobile cold rooms. This market must be fully controlled by farmers or their representatives. Anyone who wants to join must register with the association and adhere strictly with the rules of the association.

I am working on acquiring mobile cold rooms for the preservation of perishable food items. This will help such markets in guaranteeing availability of a variety of food items throughout the year.


Jethro, I believe we can call for expression of interest of young agribusiness men and women
sometime in the year.

My dear young and able comrades, we can do this.

If we can think it, we can do it.

jeffmyson:


My brother forming associations is not the solutions! That's exactly what those guys at mile 12 are doing. Let's encourage private businesses to take the lead and bring standard products to markets at very good prices. There are alternative models to reach the market aside the open market model.

We have to start by creating packing houses at the point of produce origin! Pack them well and transport them efficiently. By removing the inefficiency in the chain you can even sell cheaper than the guys at Mile 12 and then you will see how the[b] paradigm will shift[/b]!

toyoutoyou:
U are the one saying the truth.The other guy is just trying to toast the naïve once into vegetable farming that requires much capital resource in term of irrigation supply.Based on all the earlier calculation and market competition,all ur profit from ur tomato produce might just bring 150,000 to 200,000 per hectare if u invest let's say 40,000 to 50,000Naira on tomato farming.U will need up to 10hectarees of land bbefore u can even make up to #200,000*10nd the total amount of money to establish such hectares of land is about 400,000-800,000Naira.SO do ur calculation very well before anyone lures u into somethg he is not well grounded in its knowing. What we do in our organization is strictly on vegetable farming and I've been working on tomato for the past 3years.There is money in vegetable production but not as much as the sweet-mouthed guy is trying to make u believe.U will need to practice a large scale farming before u can even make up to 2-3million Naira as ur possible return.If it's that easy,the whole Nigerians would have turned to millionaires.Thank u.

Soloxam:
Easy said than done, how can a single. Farmer supply the eatery throughout the year? Except for a cooperative/farmer group that can be achieve.

Ride on my sister.........