For several weeks now, there has been no rain here in Edo state. Crops are not growing well. The weather is just very cold both day and night like it's harmattan. I want to know if its only here? Is it raining in your state or area?
Lalasticlala

It's August break

WonderWoman5775:
It's August break

August break comes with harmattan?

WonderWoman5775:
It's August break

No August break normally starts towards middle of August na. This one am talking about has been like this since middle of July

WonderWoman5775:
It's August break

When last did it rain in ur area?

Wierdceo:

When last did it rain in ur area?

Last week, and it was not heavy just drizzling

Wierdceo:

No August break normally starts towards middle of August na. This one am talking about has been like this since middle of July

Alright then

Kriss216:

August break comes with harmattan?

No not really

WonderWoman5775:

Last week, and it was not heavy just drizzling

That's wierd. do u think that's normal?

Wierdceo:

That's wierd. do u think that's normal?

Yea it is normal

The last rain I noticed was late July. In July it literally rained either everyday or every two days. I'm talking about heavy downpour. July was unbearably cold at morning and at night, with cool noons. July was just man! Spirogyra con dey grow for my compound, the grasses were sprouting up quick. This August I've not seen one centimetre of rainfall. It is 9;29am here in abakaliki, ebonyi state.

flyingpig:
The last rain I noticed was late July. In July it literally rained either everyday or every two days. I'm talking about heavy downpour. July was unbearably cold at morning and at night, with cool noons. July was just man! Spirogyra con dey grow for my compound, the grasses were sprouting up quick. This August I've not seen one centimetre of rainfall. It is 9;29am here in abakaliki, ebonyi state.

what? No single rain since mid July here in Edo state

Same in Lagos, no rain nice thread

Lalasticlala and Co will not push this to front page now . This is a survey everybody is suppose to talk about if it's about senseless BBnaija now or Snake they will be pushing it to front page.

In Ondo town since second week of July , this has never happened before,
The days come with full tick black cloud and breeze before u know it clears and then cold weather re surfaces , with very little rain drizzling it has never been this dry in Ondo during raining season

No rains for quite some time in Benin City, Edo state

In iwo, Osun state. It been more than a month now because i planted okro June 27 and haven't seen rain since July 5

Just three heavy downpour in Oyo town so far this year.

No serious rain in Kogi and Kwara state

noeloge82:
In Ondo town since second week of July , this has never happened before,
The days come with full tick black cloud and breeze before u know it clears and then cold weather re surfaces , with very little rain drizzling it has never been this dry in Ondo during raining season

Exactly the same here. Is nature planning to starve us or something?

If the situation persists the draught will lead to crop failure and famine in the land. This is not good at all coming along side with the covid_19 pandemic. I believe government should resucitate the river basins for extensive irrigation farming and give support to Farmers to acquire drip irrigation facilities

Oluaso:
If the situation persists the draught will lead to crop failure and famine in the land. This is not good at all coming along side with the covid_19 pandemic. I believe government should resucitate the river basins for extensive irrigation farming and give support to Farmers to acquire drip irrigation facilities

going forward in Agriculture in this Nigeria, we can not keep relying on rain.

This is very bad. We only have 2_3 rainfall in early July here in akoko southeast of ondo state. There has been no rainfall till this moment. Crops are suffering.

Same here in Osun state. I have been asking people around so as to know if I'm not abnormal (the only one around thinking it's weird). It has affected all my maize and the vegetables I planted did not even grow .
Is there any farmer who can advise on what to do so as to save my crops?

IamAsiri:
Same here in Osun state. I have been asking people around so as to know if I'm not abnormal (the only one around thinking it's weird). It has affected all my maize and the vegetables I planted did not even grow .
Is there any farmer who can advise on what to do so as to save my crops?

If you don't have borehole in your farm, I don't know if there's anything you can do other than wait for rain.

IamAsiri:
Same here in Osun state. I have been asking people around so as to know if I'm not abnormal (the only one around thinking it's weird). It has affected all my maize and the vegetables I planted did not even grow .
Is there any farmer who can advise on what to do so as to save my crops?

There is a road construction going on in where I stay in Edo state and I have been hearing that they normally hold the rain from falling so it would not disturb the road construction. I thought it was them preventing the rain from faling all this while. I have laid all type of curses on those people but I just decided to see if it's only my area been affected and it seems like it's a nation-wide matter o. Am still waiting for information from north about the matter .

Wierdceo:

There is a road construction going on in where I stay in Edo state and I have been hearing that they normally hold the rain from falling so it would not disturb the road construction. I thought it was them preventing the rain from faling all this while. I have laid all type of curses on those people but I just decided to see if it's only my area been affected and it seems like it's a nation-wide matter o. Am still waiting for information from north about the matter .

Is it now possible for them to hold a lot of states at ransom?

Wierdceo:

If you don't have borehole in your farm, I don't know if there's anything you can do other than wait for rain.

My farm is inside my farm and we have well but I don't know how to go about the irrigation. Do I have to buy water pump and hose? Just priced it and they said the water pump is 40k while hose is 35k. I don't have that kind of money now as it's a bit on the high side. Do you have any more suggestion please? It's around 1200 heaps.

IamAsiri:


Is it now possible for them to hold a lot of states at ransom?

No this one is a problem with the season o. Am not sure its somebody behind this one.

IamAsiri:


My farm is inside my farm and we have well but I don't know how to go about the irrigation. Do I have to buy water pump and hose? Just priced it and they said the water pump is 40k while hose is 35k. I don't have that kind of money now as it's a bit on the high side. Do you have any more suggestion please? It's around 1200 heaps.

If u have water in your farm and it's very close to where you can be going there frequeantly, you can be be pouring water on it manually even before you buy the Hose and pump. U don't have to spend that kind of money. U can just wet the whole place very well one day and then u can do it maybe 3 or 4 or 5days later again. It's hardwork but it's better than doing nothing. Get buckets, look for small rubbers and wet it like we use to wet the ground to prevent dust in school those days. You need enough water. Less than 7hours you're done if you have somebody fetching the water for you. It's actually fun. Man gats look for other ways to do things o.

Wierdceo:

If u have water in your farm and it's very close to where you can be going there frequeantly, you can be be pouring water on it manually even before you buy the Hose and pump. U don't have to spend that kind of money. U can just wet the whole place very well one day and then u can do it maybe 3 or 4 or 5days later again. It's hardwork but it's better than doing nothing. Get buckets, look for small rubbers and wet it like we use to wet the ground to prevent dust in school those days. You need enough water. Less than 7hours you're done if you have somebody fetching the water for you. It's actually fun. Man gats look for other ways to do things o.

Sir? That's scary o. I'm just but a woman o. I don't have that kind of strength and my small kids will not even allow me.

IamAsiri:


Sir? That's scary o. I'm just but a woman o. I don't have that kind of strength and my small kids will not even allow me.

You're a woman? I celebrate u Ma . You're a hard working woman. God bless you.