LABOUR; A KEY DETERMINANT OF A SUCCESSFUL FARMING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA.

Farming is a lucrative business but not a bed of roses in sub sahara Africa and labour made it difficult. Using Nigeria as a case study, I haven't done serious farming business in the north except for farm inputs supply. But in the south, East and West. I have done profitable farming.

LABOUR is hence a major factor in achieving a profitable farming. Labour can be divided into skilled and unskilled. To be skilled or unskilled is not a function of certificate but a function of experience. Farming is a very risky and delicate business as "lives" are involved. Your crops and animals are very fragile living things.

From Experience, the skilled labour are rare to find, but they are everywhere, getting them is easy but getting the skill in them is the "work". For a farm to be successful, the farm needs as many as possible skilled worker. Most times, a good manager under a short period of time can inject skills into a willing worker, nevertheless, it takes time and experience to be fully baked. So, get a skilled worker.

Even the unskilled are not just easy to come by because the present Nigeria youths are not lazy but difficult. Somebody wants to work in a farm whose owner is a start up wants to be paid like a level 8 officer. Their renumeration request seems too overwhelming. Even when you accept their request at your expense, their unending requests seems disturbing.. At the end you wake up one morning And your farm attendant will tell you he is no more interested again. Not minding what will happen to your farm before u get another person. Not minding how much you recently spent to buy some of the things he requested for. Its still good if you are being told. Some will just abscond for no reason. One of the many challenges.

For the graduates in the field, very many of the real Agric graduates are not practising, but they sure know that onions either they are practicing or not. Some of them are good managers and supervisors. Although some could be very arrogant. Buy they Need to know that making profit is not about the certificate but technical know how. Let's be calm to learn and understands the business before we launch out. Its better to give practical expertise than a misleading theoretical expertise. Agribusiness is deep.

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