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

AGRIBUSINESS WITH N50,000

I think the most asked question I get from those who have developed interest in Agriculture is - how much do I need to start?

How is too little to be profitable

What I think works is...
#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity #FarmLab2020

#AgribusinessWith50k 1. When you have little money to invest in agriculture, ask yourself - do you want to be involved in the business or want to invest in other people's venture.

Ans. I will focus on those who want to be involved
#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity #FarmLab2020

#AgribusinessWith50k

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

Ruminant Animal rearing - the foundation to combat climate change

The reality of climate change isn't really a debate anymore, how much of it we believe could differ, and the extent to its impact differs.

#ZeroHunger #foodsecurity For example, Northern Nigeria suffers from desertification and those in the Southern coastal line have coastal encroachment.
In the past I took time to explain how the waste products of animals especially cows are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emission (GHG)#ZeroHunger

SOILLESS FARMING ONLINE CLASSES THREAD

You can learn to grow without soil.

Join the online community, have access to good internet network for live streaming videos as lectures are NOT ON WHATSAPP. Total lecture time is 16 hours for 2 hours weekly, but you can finish lectures sooner by dedicating more hours weekly.

See curriculum below:

Week 1
1. Introduction to lecture series
2. Materials needed for DIY practical
3. How to make a nursery
4. Basics of greenhouse farming

HOW MANY KIDS HAVE YOU EATEN? THREAD

1a Let’s look into the future together!
Shall we?
Looking round the cross section of the majority of twitter users, in the next 10 years, majority would be married, 20 years after the wedding, 4 out of 10 people won’t have kids,

#SmartCity 1b
4 will have kids with varying levels of deformities, 1 will be dead and 1 will have a healthy kid.

To ensure this is true,

#climatechange #SmartFarm #SmartCity