Hi there
we are now in the final lap of the rainy season(august ending-second week of october).
You can still cash in on the cassava revolution.

How?

Its simple. follow this basic steps and u are buiness

1. For those of us in lagos n ogun, visit any farming settlement(i prefer owode - idiroko/border axis

2. Rent a land. Cost is 10,000 naira/hectare a year.(my advice start with wat u can manage effectively

3. Carry out ur first and second ploughing (10 to 14 days after first ploughing) at the cost of 10k for each plough

===> It is important to note dat once the first plough starts, u must start sourcing for ur cassava stem(cassava stem to cover 1hectare is btw 20k - 25k +transportation)

4. After the second plough u might ave gotten ur cassava stem down. Now its time for planting

5. Wages for planting vary but we approximate to 400naira per alapin (2 alapin = 1 plot, 15 plots(1hectare) = 30 alapin that means 400naira * 30 alapin = 12k/hectare for planting

Pls note dat ,dat the figure for planting is a worst case scenario

6. After about 1 month , its time for first weeding. Cost is 350 per alapin * 30 alapin = 10500/hectare

7. Immediately after the first weeding fertilizer is applied. Currently a bag of fertilizer goes for 7k and u nid 3bags = 21k
again 200/alapin for application * 30alapin = 6000naira

Nice one @Emempaul

TexasR:
Nice one @Emempaul

thanks

I m bak

8. At the 3rd month, second weeding is carried out. Same price as first weeding

9. At the 6th month, third weeding is carried out

10. From the 8th month ur cassava is ready for sale

Now dis is were it gets very tricky

How?

Be rite back.....,.....,

Going bak to deseeding my tomatoes wen i thru we shall continue

Good job sir, am following this thread with keen interest. Hope you can be reached at directly?

solbash11:
Good job sir, am following this thread with keen interest. Hope you can be reached at directly?

i can b reached directly but wait and read up first

I bak
now bak to the question - How is the sales tricky

Alright continue with your message.

A basket of cassava goes for 7500 in my are
WOW!! That much?
Yes, that much..... But wait, there is a catch
mmm.....
Unless u own the bike and d labourers
wat??!!

The actual money u get is 5500 to 6000 depending on d distance of the farm to the but

but how? I dont understand

Well d break down goes like this. Out of d 7.5k, 1000 or 1500 goes to the bikeman depending on d distance to d buyer, 400 to the harvester, 100 to the person dat arranges the cassava in d basket

Now 3 baskets = 1ton

so instead of getting 21000 the actual money u get is btw 16500 to 18,000 now dat is the figure u should work with so dat u dont raise ur hopes high

Emempaul:
Now 3 baskets = 1ton
so instead of getting 21000 the actual money u get is btw 16500 to 18,000 now dat is the figure u should work with so dat u dont raise ur hopes high

Can you please show the picture of the basket?
It must be big
A pick up is 3 ton.
That means 9 of that basket should fill a pick up

that it? No dats nt it.
Have u thought about processing ur cassava into garri?

jethro2:


Can you please show the picture of the basket?
It must be big
A pick up is 3 ton.
That means 9 of that basket should fill a pick up

@ jethro my other phone is faulty thats were d pics are. But i ll try and get a picture and post it here

A not so clear picture but it lets u get d drift

Processing ur cassava into garri gives u times 2 the value.

And yes i ve tried it, done it. This is not multiplier effect, not internet farming, not computer agriculture but real sweat n smoke toil.

It was tough but I had to cajole the chairman of my co-operative to try an xperiment on outrite sales or processing. We tried an experiment using 4 cabstars. 2 went for direct sales while the other two went to processing into garri. By d time we were thru, garri was d winner. We are currently setting up a local processing factory and going into production soon

Outrite sales gave us 120k for the two cabstars, we got a profit of 200k after sales of the garri

For further information on how to lease ur own farmland for cassava production, local garri factory setting up, farm management ( 3 hectares and above preferably cassava, maize, ugwu, tomatoes efo ewedu,efo tete) call us on 08188860616
emempaul1985@gmail.com

Gudday nairalanders

The last lap of the rainy season began today so its time to go farming

Hopefully tomorrow i ll b posting pics d birth of a local garri processing factory

Watch out for tomorrows topic and one of my favorite crops UGWU cultivation but please note dis
1. D land must b urs
2. U must make provision for water
3. U must make provision for irrigation
4. U must have sum1 on ground to monitor and take care of the plant
5. U must not b an absentee farmer wen dealing with ugwu

Day 1
MEN AT WORK

We couldnt achieve much becos of logistics but were able to get the frame work down

But we are progressing slow but steady