Hello nairlanders, m samie samiloco farmer as i am called by my corper colleagues. I am serving currently in Nasarawa state, daddere village obi local government. I just wanna share my experience in vegetable farming #ugu and green leaf farming. Well its been quite an experience and a very interesting one which is not over yet. So just sit and relax.

bring it on,by d way do Hausa people consume vegetables?

ok let us go

Welcome @ademat@dwal..
@ademat7 it might interest you to know that hausas consume vegetables. Nasarawa state is not dominated by hausa per se. There are several tribes tho but the village i'm serving is dominated by hausa and fulani and they consume vegetables. The common one is alewo known as green or efo.


My journey started wen ah printed my posting letter. Well, I was expecting Nasarawa state because i chose it as it was a "safe north" to me.
About mesef ; i am graduate of delta state uni abraka so i rep the south. I studied agric education. Yea agric.. I love it.. Its the way forward. Four years in the uni opened my eyes to the numerous untapped potentials and oportunities agriculture has to offer.
However, the experience i av gotten in just three months is wonderful, frustrating but all the same has made me grow strong.

Vegetable farming is an idea i have wanted to try in a long time aside the part that it is said to be a lucrative agric biz. But one problem young farmers like us have is the availability of the resources needed to startup which will include first and most importantly the land. Land is appreciative commodity but expensive to acquire in terms of agriculture. This has discouraged many young farmers who want to practice agriculture.

However, my came was different as all i hope for was handed to me in a platter of gold. I wanted to be posted to a rural settlement. I got it and fortunately for me farming was their Major occupation.

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Arriving my place of primary assignment (ppa), I had to get down to work because time was no longer on my side.
This was my first business experience as an agropreneur, however there are some key things i had to consider before embarking on such a venture.
I will pose the consideration to questions.
Like ademat previously asked me "do hausas eat vegetables".. This part takes care of the product m About to sell.
Is there a market for it. Where are my customers and so on.

Thanks tycoflu and kunle for following

Location is very important in any business. It aides in the contact between the producer and consumer but in my case as a farmer i will put it in context of nearness to market since i will be dealing on fresh product#ugu.

I was able to acquire close to two plots of land from the village head for free. Yea for free, that is the power behind being a corper serving in a rural area. However, my village is 30minutes drive to the state capital which is populated with people from different tribes most especially the igbos. And you know they consume ugu alot not leaving out the Oda tribes.

I have talked About two important tins to note if you wanna venture into biz. Your location and yo customers. Also, another thing to note is that is there a ready market for yo product. Since i started the farm which is About two months plus from cultivation. I have made close to three sales bulky Ones. But lets not move to fast.

The aspect of if there is a ready market for yo product should be taken seriously via research not run at loss most especially if you are running an agric biz. People might wonder if hausas consume ugu, most interestingly they do but they dont cultivate it. For example in Nasarawa it is rarely cultivated. The ones sold at the state capital comes from the neighbouring states like benue and the few gotten within the state are from vegetable gardens which dont meet demand.

To this effect there is a ready market if you get your act right via the neccesary research. After my feasibility studies on the market size and so on. I had to get down to work to steps of setting my farm.

The story was getting interesting.
How did you get your seeds?
What was your labor cost?
Did you hire additional help?
How long did it take for your Ugwu to be market ready?
Taking your expenses out of your sales, can somebody financially survive in Nigeria doing Ugwu business?

Tatia:
The story was getting interesting.
How did you get your seeds?
What was your labor cost?
Did you hire additional help?
How long did it take for your Ugwu to be market ready?
Taking your expenses out of your sales, can somebody financially survive in Nigeria doing Ugwu business?

...plus pictorial back-up of the said farm.

Following u back2back
Hope class Neva full
I dey front seat

wazupguy:
Location is very important in any business. It aides in the contact between the producer and consumer but in my case as a farmer i will put it in context of nearness to market since i will be dealing on fresh product#ugu.

I was able to acquire close to two plots of land from the village head for free. Yea for free, that is the power behind being a corper serving in a rural area. However, my village is 30minutes drive to the state capital which is populated with people from different tribes most especially the igbos. And you know they consume ugu alot not leaving out the Oda tribes.

I have talked About two important tins to note if you wanna venture into biz. Your location and yo customers. Also, another thing to note is that is there a ready market for yo product. Since i started the farm which is About two months plus from cultivation. I have made close to three sales bulky Ones. But lets not move to fast.

The aspect of if there is a ready market for yo product should be taken seriously via research not run at loss most especially if you are running an agric biz. People might wonder if hausas consume ugu, most interestingly they do but they dont cultivate it. For example in Nasarawa it is rarely cultivated. The ones sold at the state capital comes from the neighbouring states like benue and the few gotten within the state are from vegetable gardens which dont meet demand.

To this effect there is a ready market if you get your act right via the neccesary research. After my feasibility studies on the market size and so on. I had to get down to work to steps of setting my farm.

Oga boss
Will u pls cum n continue with ur tutorial
Sumbody really need dis

Hi people, is anyone still following this thread? I have a similar experience and all other things required to continue with this. Only that I am not a Corp member, this agricbiz is all I got.

Let me know if anyone is following so I can continue with all the pictures and information you need to get started. Agriculture is the way forward. God bless Nigeria!