Don't despair. I know lessons ha e been learnt. It's not always rosy in agric business especially the beginning.
May God grant you success as you push through

Sorry for the loss. The LORD is your strength.

So sorry
May be na nairaland witches and wizards cause am for you ooo

Babangidapikin:
do we have insurance policy for farmers in Nigeria

Yes, there is . I can assist you.

surrogatesng:
Sorry for your loss mate

He will learn more from this loss than any success

There are different Agricultural insurance policy. Legit!

LocalFARMERS:


None. The only insurance is that, if you collect a loan facility from Government to farm and you encounter this. Government will not ask you to refund the loan.

I love farming.. but the stress ehn.. my guy Dey asaba now dey enjoy govt fundings for his farm via connection and corruption..

Sorry about that..
God will replenish you 7× fold

coolbode1:
Yes, there is . I can assist you.

Tell us how

cococandy:


How does one obtain weaver birds?

Grasshoppers will attract the weaver birds. Na thier food.

cococandy:


How does one obtain weaver birds?

Even throw chicken or plenty of fowls from poultry inside the farm they eat up the grasshoppers that must have eaten the whole leaves and fertilise the farm for you with thier droppings naturally.

Just asking, could this disease outbreak on the farm have been prevented by any pesticides and form of treatment??

Babangidapikin:
do we have insurance policy for farmers in Nigeria

there are insurance policy for farmers, but must farmers don't take it. And when there is loss they cry foul. Search for noortakaful.ng and pick up there agric insurance

LocalFARMERS:


None. The only insurance is that, if you collect a loan facility from Government to farm and you encounter this. Government will not ask you to refund the loan.

I think you should always get your facts right. There is a government Agric insurance and also private firm and this is not how they operate

SWEAR SEY HE NO PAIN YOU.

LocalFARMERS:


Thanks Bro.
As a farmer, this is not new. While we enjoy bountiful harvest most years, a particular year will come with bad news. Like this year, some Farmers are having a bad times due to flood.

But we always go e God the glory for everything.

toluleke:
there are insurance policy for farmers, but must farmers don't take it. And when there is loss they cry foul. Search for noortakaful.ng and pick up there agric insurance

Okay will check... Thanks

seanery:
SWEAR SEY HE NO PAIN YOU.

E pain me na. A farm I spent over 500k on.

Entanglement:
you should have farm rice instead! You know your president loves rice

I have two large Rice farms, which I farm every year. I farm Rice, Maize, Beans, potatoes, Guinea corn, Groundnut, Soyabeans

Originalsly:


I've never seen someone so acceptable of a loss. I love this spirit of I can't win all the time ... and when the loss comes you accept it and just look forward to the next round. How big is the farm? Did you research the disease? ... its name? ... what causes it? ... fungus?...moths? ... birds? ....how to control/prevent it? ... is it something in the soil? ...or airborne? ,..were the ginger developed enough to harvest? ... how does the disease affect the ginger? ...stops it from developing? I don't know much about ginger ... remember seeing the plant yearssss ago....and was wondering ehmmm ... when they were ready to start pushing out blossoms and bringing forth fruits ... but I learned a little since then and looking forward to learn more from your thread. I'm thinking crop rotation would be best since the bacteria or whatever will not get its favorite plant to survive. Lastly...ginger will be in more demand since it is very effective in fighting diseases. Is your ginger natural/organic?

Disappointed? .... no doubt...discouraged?.. don't let this one take set.

Thanks.
I even feel lucky since I have a bountiful harvest in the other crops that I farm. Now imagine the farmers in Borno, they lost everything to the flood that is still ravaging the State.

As for the disease. It is a strange disease. It also affected Okro and Sorrel plants in Kaduna last year.

Pootle:


i heard many famers make it by planting weed in a section of there farms

You can never see any weed farm in Kaduna. Weed farmers are mostly found in Edo North Senatorial district and Kwale part of Delta state.

Telltruth123:

Sorry for your loo

Thank you

Bobbyjay001:



Sorry for your loss brother. It's saddened to see one's expectations dashed.

Please, can you give me free tutor on how to cultivate ginger successfully especially in Southwest?

I am based in Akure to be precise.

Your efforts shall never be in vain bro. Take heart. Can I still plant ginger in this month or October?

Thank you
I will love to tutor you on Ginger farming. However, I don't know if Ginger will be good for your type of Soil. Ginger doesn't grow well in some kind of Soil.

There is a reason why Southern Kaduna are the largest Ginger farmers in Nigeria. The reason is their kind of soil is good for Ginger farming.

I will advise you use a small portion of ur farm to experiment your Ginger farm. I can explain to you on when to plant your Ginger and the entire process that is involved.

press9jatv:
oh sorry for the loss.

Thank you

Dshocker:


If everything had gone well, how many bags would you have gotten from this farm?

I would've made between 10 to 15 bags. As at that last year, the price of Ginger was about 200k

femi4:
Really, there is money in ginger like that

Yes na.
Some farmers don't farm anything except Ginger. Ginger farm can make you a millionaire overnight.

Omoluabi16:
Sorry for the loss dear farmer. I hope you recover with a double harvest the next season. Was this disease avoidable? I was thinking farmers now have access to herbicides to prevent outbreak of any disease.

Thank you and Amen to your prayers.
For now, the disease is not avoidable cause it is a stranger disease that took farmers unaware. We tried to apply herbicide, but none could eliminate the disease. The disease also affected Okro and Sorrel plants in Kaduna last year.

Difrent:


In other places it's lack of rain or late rain.

Ok.
But there was constant rain last year in Kaduna.

YOUR REWARD IS IN HEAVEN.

LocalFARMERS:


E pain me na. A farm I spent over 500k on.

LocalFARMERS:


As for the disease. It is a strange disease. It also affected Okro and Sorrel plants in Kaduna last year.

Wow. Didn't the Agriculture Dept or whoever find out the cause? You should try y to find out from them. If it is new...then most likely it is from some foreign crop or bugs brought into the country and can spread throughout . Then again I wouldn't be surprised if Bill Gates is behind this in order to introduce his GMO disease resistant crops. He is now into agriculture ... food control ... recently visited Nigeria .. for what... we weren't told. New deadly diseases suddenly popping up in humans ....Ebola ... COVID ... mPOX ...now in plants?...after his visit? I wouldn't be surprised.

So sorry, it's really painful

LocalFARMERS:


Thank you
I will love to tutor you on Ginger farming. However, I don't know if Ginger will be good for your type of Soil. Ginger doesn't grow well in some kind of Soil.

There is a reason why Southern Kaduna are the largest Ginger farmers in Nigeria. The reason is their kind of soil is good for Ginger farming.

I will advise you use a small portion of ur farm to experiment your Ginger farm. I can explain to you on when to plant your Ginger and the entire process that is involved.

Thank you and God bless you for your prompt response.

It's a delight and privilege meet someone like you online, who despite all that just happened, is willing to share his knowledge with a total stranger. God will continue to bless you for that.


I am willing to start small and use small portion of my available land to test the viability of ginger in my location.

Besides, I met a guy here last year, who testified that our soil is okay for ginger farming. He's based in Osun State but I recently changed phone and lost his contact.

Thanks once again. I am willing to learn and know what it takes to be a successful ginger farmer.

I want to opt out of tomatoes farming. It's oversaturated and I made lots of loss this year due to draught and glut.

God bless you richly.