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Farm & debt

Agriculture is expensive, it is a patient expensive process hence a lot of our forefathers were poor, & it was just enough to survive

A city kid wanting agriculture, it is more expensive as you have to pay for what the rurals get free - land, land preparation etc
When buying input, the market determines the price, when selling your output the market again wants to decide the price - which they do almost every time

As a start-up, crowdfunding became almost the norm to raise funds but a few sincere ones made a huge mistake

#FarmerSamson
taking investment for infrastructure rather than production (except the investor agreed to infrastructure), accepting funding beyond available structure, accept funds based on the theory of farming (promise huge returns) & an exponential increase in scale due to previous success
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KNOW YOUR TOMATOES

Tomatoes are the 3rd highest consumed crop in Nigeria. Most people do not know there are thousands of tomatoes varieties. However these thousands of tomatoes can be grouped into 7

#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity #May2020
1. Cherry tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes are round, bite-sized, and so juicy that they may pop when you bite into them.

Average weight is 17g,
3 calories
Trace amounts of vitamins

Use: Salad, snack, skewers and kebabs.

#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity #May2020
2. Grape tomatoes

They contain little water and have an oblong shape. One grape tomato

Average weight is 8g
1 calorie 

Use: Salads or snack.

#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity #FarmerSamson #FarmLab2020
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