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Friday, February 07, 2014
N53 billion shared to Farmers in 2012 - BOI
The Bank of Industry in Nigeria says it disbursed a
total of 53 billion Naira (about 331.3 million dollars)
as loans to the agribusiness value chain in 2012, as
part of measures to boost agriculture.
The chairman of the shareholders committee of the
Bank of Industry, Mr Mohammed Dikwa, gave the
figure while presenting a review of the success and
challenges of the 2012 financial year at the bank’s
annual general meeting held in Abuja on Friday.
Mr Dikwa said another 333 million Naira was
disbursed to the creative industry, making the bank
achieve a 70 per cent improvement in the quality of
its risk assets.
The chairman of the shareholders committee listed
major interventions carried out by the bank in the
agriculture sector, small and medium enterprise
sector and the film industry.
Aside from the 70 per cent recorded improvement
in the quality of risk assets, the bank created over
one million jobs in 2012 up from 150,000 in 2011.
The bank officials promised not to relent in boosting
the businesses of entrepreneurs in 2013.
“You know you can only lend money to those who
can repay. One of the things is that if a banker feels
that you don’t have access to market, no matter
how good your product is, it is very difficult to sell it
in the local community where there is limited
economic activity. So, we are trying to work with
the Nigerian Youth Service Core to ensure that most
of the agriculture produce coming out from rural
areas can be transported to urban areas where they
are needed to stimulate economic growth in the
rural area,” the Managing Director, Bank of Industry,
Evelyn Oputu, said .
With the feat recorded by the bank of industry
especially in the area the provision of loans to
owners of small and medium businesses, it is
expected that the bank’s intervention will result in
the socio-economic transformation of the country.
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Kano Governor Empowers 784 Youths
The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has
restated the commitment of his administration to
using the farmers and agriculture agents as tools of
promoting food security as well as employment
creation.
He made the assurances at the empowerment and
inauguration of the Young Farmers Club, bee
keepers and agriculture extension agents at the
Kano State Government House, Kano on Thursday.
The government has taken steps to get young
farmers involved in the future of farming through its
inauguration of Young Famers Club in secondary
schools in the state and the graduation ceremony
for 300 youths who have been trained by the state
in the business of Bee Keeping.
The innovation was initiated to create employment
and to also develop the agricultural sector in the
state, with a honey processing plant being installed
to compliment the training.
The Managing Director of the Kano State
Agricultural and Rural Development Authority
(KNARDA), Suleiman Sani, spoke about the state’s
achievements in boosting the capacity of farmers.
While admitting that the provision of fertilizers is
good for farmers, he revealed that the provision of
improved seeds, technology, teaching farmers how
to use local manure, are other forms of support that
the state has identified, and this has helped double
the productivity of farmers in the state.
Some principals of the schools gave reports of the
progresses they have made. One of the principals,
Kabiru Sani, said that the assistance from the
Government had made verifiable impacts on the
schools, citing his school as having a garden that
boasts of about 9 crops.
He charged fellow principals to embrace the young
farmers programme, as it is a way to build a new
generation of committed farmers. He explained that
having started from school, it would be easier for
the young ones to continue in agriculture.
The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in his
speech, highlighted the role of agriculture in the
development of Nigeria, noting that agriculture had
been Nigeria’s mainstay in the 1960s before oil was
discovered.
Therefore his administration was committed to
programmes that would develop the agricultural
sector in the state, as well as create employment
and promote food security, with empowering the
youths in the process, as a priority.
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Aki Hausa: Wanted Farmer
For almost everything you find in Africa, little or nothing is known of its value
until white people tell us. That had been the case until now; a curious case
of apathy for knowledge. From the aqua petroleo in Equatorial Guinea to
beautiful black silt on the grounds in Itakpe, Nigeria, I have come to believe
that the black race has not applied itself in knowledge at all. We in Africa
literally walk on billions of dollars every day without even knowing. But what
hurts more, is the abject refusal to learn. The acculturation for many of us
has been to go to school, graduate and get a job.
until white people tell us. That had been the case until now; a curious case
of apathy for knowledge. From the aqua petroleo in Equatorial Guinea to
beautiful black silt on the grounds in Itakpe, Nigeria, I have come to believe
that the black race has not applied itself in knowledge at all. We in Africa
literally walk on billions of dollars every day without even knowing. But what
hurts more, is the abject refusal to learn. The acculturation for many of us
has been to go to school, graduate and get a job.
This article is about one of those things you find on the streets in a lot of
Nigerian cities. I guess you might have come across these tiny nut-
like tubers wheel-barrowed by Nigerians and sold in little polythene bags.
Some call it 'Chufa sedge' and others, 'earth almond'. However, in Nigeria,
we know the Cyperus Esculentus by many names: the Hausas call it, 'Aya',
the Yorubas call it 'imumu' and the Igbos call it, 'aki hausa'. In plain terms
this local snack is known as 'tigernuts'.
Beyond being a snack, Tigernuts have very large potential for cash because
of their commercial value. Tiger nuts have long been recognised for their
health benefits as they are high in fibre, proteins, and natural sugars. They
have a high content of soluble glucose and oleic acid. Along with a high
energy content (starch, fats, sugars and proteins), they are rich in minerals
such as phosphorous and potassium and in vitamins E and C.
It is believed that they help to prevent heart attacks, thrombosis and cancer
especially of the colon. They are thought to be beneficial to diabetics and
those seeking to reduce cholesterol or lose weight. The very high fibre
content combined with a delicious taste; make them ideal for healthy eating.
Tigernuts are rich in oil which can be extracted for culinary and industrial
uses. The 'Horchata', avegetable milk produced in Spain is made with
Tigernut juice, hence Spain is the largest importer of tigernuts.
Customers abroad, particularly in Europe are willing to pay as high as
$790.00/Metric Ton for a minimum typical order of 400 Metric Tons of dried
median sized tigernuts.
$790.00/Metric Ton for a minimum typical order of 400 Metric Tons of dried
median sized tigernuts.
So if you are unemployed and looking for a job, you are in good fortune.
Search for a company looking to buy tigernuts, source locally and ship. This
could be a start to earning good money.
De Edge Farms
How To Plant Fluted Pumpkin (Ugu)
Fluted Pumpkin, also known as Telfairia occidentalis, is the tropical vine which is grown within West Africa. It is a leafy vegetable used as edible seeds whose common names are Ugu, Fluted Pumpkin and Fluted Gourd. This plant is a delicious and drought-tolerant perennial which is normally grown trellised. The young leaves and roots of a male plant can be the important ingredients for edikang ikong, the Nigerian soup. Its seed, which is 5.5 centimeters and dark-red, full of protein and fat, could be eaten and ground towards powder in favor of another soup. This plant fruit is big and weighs thirteen kilograms, yet it is inedible.
How to grow Fluted pumpkin – Step by step guides Fluted pumpkin growing
Firstly, purchase pumpkin plants or seeds at any garden nursery. If not, begin seeds indoors approximately 25 days prior to the final expected frost. If your planting season is warm and long, spread the seeds right away within the garden while the soil heat has reached for 65 degree F.
Secondly, select a plot where gets full sunlight and contains the soil under PH 6.5 to 7. The pumpkins require enough light, very fertile soil which drains best. Dig in big amounts of cured manure and compost to ensure right combination.
Thirdly, cultivate the pumpkin patch wide and deep – both vines and roots can sow for 16 feet within all directions.
Fourthly, harden your seedlings, make sure how it is homegrown or store-bought, and transplant them into your garden while all frost dander frost has passed. Plant or grow them within hills, adjust them for the depth level the same as they are planted within the pots. Spacing can be changeable in accordance with the variety, yet normally allow 5 or 6 feet apart between the plants within each direction.
Fifthly, use the organic matter and mulch to cover the plant when they are produced to keep deter weeds and moisture, and use row covers and cloches to prevent immature plants from the chilly winds. Be sure your plants must get water from1.5 to 2.5 inches every week, particularly once they are getting fruit and flowering.
Sixthly, use seaweed extract or compost tea to sow on the plants every three weeks. Vines must be pinched back in order to fix their growth when their fruits come out. Pumpkins should be rotated one time in a while for keeping them symmetrical, yet try to move the plants a little bit at any time to escape from breaking your brittle
Seventhly, put boards beneath large pumpkins to conserve them out of rotting. Orange pumpkins could be harvested after your vines have developed and died, before the initial hard freeze. Trim white varieties once their skins remain streaked the green color.
As a result, to know how to grow Fluted pumpkin well, try to read the above details studiously from the first to the seventh step.
Nutrition or benefit – Why growing Fluted pumpkin
If you are aware of how to grow Fluted pumpkin, you will get a lot of benefits as follows:
For foods, Fluted pumpkin is used as leaf vegetables. Its seed can be eaten without poison. Its roots and leaves are invented as main ingredients for making Nigerian soup whose name is "Edikang Ikong." But, its fruit is inedible. Other foods made of Fluted pumpkins are Slow Food, Butternut Squash, Lettuce Wraps, Luxurious Lasagna, Fish Tacos, Vegetable Gratin, Pastor Burgers, Pastor Burgers, Onion Soup and so on. Furthermore, it is also created as some sweets such as Pumpkin Pie, Cupcake Cones, Lava Cakes, Chicken Sliders, Cupcake Toppers, Bento Love, Black Bean, Churro Cupcakes, Pumpkin Roll, Cooked Pumpkin and so on. Exponentially, some drinks are produced of Fluted pumpkin as well like Tom Collins, Fall Beers, Pumpkin Syrup … etc. Also, it contains several vitamins, for instance, vitamin C, B1, B2, B3, E and K. Even better, it is comprises of some minerals such as magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, Zinc, Sodium, Phosphorus and so on.
How to grow Fluted pumpkin – Step by step guides Fluted pumpkin growing
Firstly, purchase pumpkin plants or seeds at any garden nursery. If not, begin seeds indoors approximately 25 days prior to the final expected frost. If your planting season is warm and long, spread the seeds right away within the garden while the soil heat has reached for 65 degree F.
Secondly, select a plot where gets full sunlight and contains the soil under PH 6.5 to 7. The pumpkins require enough light, very fertile soil which drains best. Dig in big amounts of cured manure and compost to ensure right combination.
Thirdly, cultivate the pumpkin patch wide and deep – both vines and roots can sow for 16 feet within all directions.
Fourthly, harden your seedlings, make sure how it is homegrown or store-bought, and transplant them into your garden while all frost dander frost has passed. Plant or grow them within hills, adjust them for the depth level the same as they are planted within the pots. Spacing can be changeable in accordance with the variety, yet normally allow 5 or 6 feet apart between the plants within each direction.
Fifthly, use the organic matter and mulch to cover the plant when they are produced to keep deter weeds and moisture, and use row covers and cloches to prevent immature plants from the chilly winds. Be sure your plants must get water from1.5 to 2.5 inches every week, particularly once they are getting fruit and flowering.
Sixthly, use seaweed extract or compost tea to sow on the plants every three weeks. Vines must be pinched back in order to fix their growth when their fruits come out. Pumpkins should be rotated one time in a while for keeping them symmetrical, yet try to move the plants a little bit at any time to escape from breaking your brittle
Seventhly, put boards beneath large pumpkins to conserve them out of rotting. Orange pumpkins could be harvested after your vines have developed and died, before the initial hard freeze. Trim white varieties once their skins remain streaked the green color.
As a result, to know how to grow Fluted pumpkin well, try to read the above details studiously from the first to the seventh step.
Nutrition or benefit – Why growing Fluted pumpkin
If you are aware of how to grow Fluted pumpkin, you will get a lot of benefits as follows:
For foods, Fluted pumpkin is used as leaf vegetables. Its seed can be eaten without poison. Its roots and leaves are invented as main ingredients for making Nigerian soup whose name is "Edikang Ikong." But, its fruit is inedible. Other foods made of Fluted pumpkins are Slow Food, Butternut Squash, Lettuce Wraps, Luxurious Lasagna, Fish Tacos, Vegetable Gratin, Pastor Burgers, Pastor Burgers, Onion Soup and so on. Furthermore, it is also created as some sweets such as Pumpkin Pie, Cupcake Cones, Lava Cakes, Chicken Sliders, Cupcake Toppers, Bento Love, Black Bean, Churro Cupcakes, Pumpkin Roll, Cooked Pumpkin and so on. Exponentially, some drinks are produced of Fluted pumpkin as well like Tom Collins, Fall Beers, Pumpkin Syrup … etc. Also, it contains several vitamins, for instance, vitamin C, B1, B2, B3, E and K. Even better, it is comprises of some minerals such as magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, Zinc, Sodium, Phosphorus and so on.
De Edge Farms
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Make Money from Vegetables in Nigeria
Every business in Nigeria shouldn't be about buying and selling, vegetable farming is one aspect of farming in Nigeria that is capable of bringing quick cash to the would be farmer this season. There are so many people in the streets of Lagos who have no business being in Lagos. While they waste away in poverty, hoping for a better tomorrow; opportunity to make good money through farming keep passing them by on daily basis.
In Nigeria of those days, the term 'Farmer' is heavily associated with poverty and illiteracy. But that was then, not now anymore when farmers are becoming the richest people (I heard that one of the richest man in China is a farmer) and living the best of life possible.
Vegetable farming happens to be one of the easiest agricultural engagement, and any kind of edible vegetable is always in hot demand all year round. One good example is Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) popularly known as Ugu (It's Igbo name) across Nigeria.
Types of Money Yielding Vegetables
Ugu vegetable is by far, the most consumed vegetable of any kind in Nigeria. An acre size Ugu farm is capable of turning in above N500,000 and it will take you less than N60,000 to cultivate one acre farm of pumpkin vegetable.
If you are in Lagos, the entire Power Line of hundreds of Acres, that stretched from Egbin power station in Ijede, Ikorodu, down to almost Ikorodu garage are extremely good for Ugu farming and you can get them almost free to cultivate your pumpkin and other vegetables.
Some popular Vegetables in Nigeria that you can Cultivate
Fluted Pumpkin - Like I've said before, Pumpkin vegetable is the most consumed vegetable by Nigerians of all class. It is used to prepare varieties of dishes and it's very nutritious too. When you talk about soup in Nigeria, you are directly talking about ugu because, almost all Nigerian soups are cooked with this vegetable.
Apart from cooking, pumpkin vegetable has been known to increase the volume of the red blood cell when consumed fresh, without being cooked. It's blood enhancing nutrients gives it the ability to expand the volume of your blood at a very short time after consumption!
It is of course natural for a vegetable of these benefits and usage to be in high demand, anyone who can cultivate Ugu, is absolutely going to make good money selling it and can be cultivated in every part of Nigeria due to the plant's tolerant of drought and poor soil.
Green Okra - Okra, which is popularly known as the lady's finger and gumbo, in many English speaking countries is a very nutritious edible green pod vegetable. When sliced, the okra's edible green seed pods produces slippery sticky substance that make the soup tick, smooth, and delicious. My personal experience with okra shows that eating fresh vegetable soup prepared with plenty of okra can relive constipation and increase digestion.
If you are a Nigerian, you don't need to be told about okra soup. It's one of the most popular soup in Nigeria restaurants, usually prepared with Ugu vegetable and smoked fish - very delicious and taste good.
Okra contains good amount of Vitamin-A and is known to be anti-oxidant due to it's good content of beta-carotene. It is also rich in Vitamin-C, Vitamin-K, and some form of Vitamin-B Complexes. Like Fluted Pumpkin, it tolerate all kinds of soil.
Cabbage - Cabbage is another popular vegetable in Nigeria and is popularly used to prepare salads. The only part of the plant that is normally eaten is the rounded leafy head (the spherical cluster of immature leaves) excluding the partially unfolded outer leaves.
Because of it's spicy flavor, Cabbage is used in a variety of dishes, and is widely consumed raw as well. It is in high demand in Nigeria and sells for reasonably good price.
Cabbage really does not like the sun, it grows better in a cold environment but must get at least 6 hours of sunlight everyday. It grows well on a well fertile, well drained manured soil.
Cucumber - As I always says: Great skin starts with Cucumber; If you really want your skin to be happy, your number one answer is cucumber. This is because, cucumber and skin is known to share the same level of hydrogen content, which makes it easier for cucumber to deal with the skin problems by engulfing them. It works well in soothing, softening, and relaxing your skin very quickly.
Cucumber can be eaten raw and is used for preparation of many kinds of food in Nigeria. Cultivating this vegetable will surely put money into your pockets.
Cucumbers like every other vegetables like soil that is well drained and rich in organic matter, but don't stress about the soil conditions. Cucumbers are hearty plants and easy to grow. Just make sure they have full sunlight and soil that is rich in organic matter.
Cucumber sells quick to in markets across Nigeria and is widely consumed. It is another vegetable farming that makes a lot of money.
When you engage in farming, you will have plenty of food to eat, you sell to make good cash, and it gets you closer to nature. These will increase your overall well being as a human-being. So, give it a trial today and see yourself happy.
In Nigeria of those days, the term 'Farmer' is heavily associated with poverty and illiteracy. But that was then, not now anymore when farmers are becoming the richest people (I heard that one of the richest man in China is a farmer) and living the best of life possible.
Vegetable farming happens to be one of the easiest agricultural engagement, and any kind of edible vegetable is always in hot demand all year round. One good example is Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) popularly known as Ugu (It's Igbo name) across Nigeria.
Types of Money Yielding Vegetables
Ugu vegetable is by far, the most consumed vegetable of any kind in Nigeria. An acre size Ugu farm is capable of turning in above N500,000 and it will take you less than N60,000 to cultivate one acre farm of pumpkin vegetable.
If you are in Lagos, the entire Power Line of hundreds of Acres, that stretched from Egbin power station in Ijede, Ikorodu, down to almost Ikorodu garage are extremely good for Ugu farming and you can get them almost free to cultivate your pumpkin and other vegetables.
Some popular Vegetables in Nigeria that you can Cultivate
Fluted Pumpkin - Like I've said before, Pumpkin vegetable is the most consumed vegetable by Nigerians of all class. It is used to prepare varieties of dishes and it's very nutritious too. When you talk about soup in Nigeria, you are directly talking about ugu because, almost all Nigerian soups are cooked with this vegetable.
Apart from cooking, pumpkin vegetable has been known to increase the volume of the red blood cell when consumed fresh, without being cooked. It's blood enhancing nutrients gives it the ability to expand the volume of your blood at a very short time after consumption!
It is of course natural for a vegetable of these benefits and usage to be in high demand, anyone who can cultivate Ugu, is absolutely going to make good money selling it and can be cultivated in every part of Nigeria due to the plant's tolerant of drought and poor soil.
Green Okra - Okra, which is popularly known as the lady's finger and gumbo, in many English speaking countries is a very nutritious edible green pod vegetable. When sliced, the okra's edible green seed pods produces slippery sticky substance that make the soup tick, smooth, and delicious. My personal experience with okra shows that eating fresh vegetable soup prepared with plenty of okra can relive constipation and increase digestion.
If you are a Nigerian, you don't need to be told about okra soup. It's one of the most popular soup in Nigeria restaurants, usually prepared with Ugu vegetable and smoked fish - very delicious and taste good.
Okra contains good amount of Vitamin-A and is known to be anti-oxidant due to it's good content of beta-carotene. It is also rich in Vitamin-C, Vitamin-K, and some form of Vitamin-B Complexes. Like Fluted Pumpkin, it tolerate all kinds of soil.
Cabbage - Cabbage is another popular vegetable in Nigeria and is popularly used to prepare salads. The only part of the plant that is normally eaten is the rounded leafy head (the spherical cluster of immature leaves) excluding the partially unfolded outer leaves.
Because of it's spicy flavor, Cabbage is used in a variety of dishes, and is widely consumed raw as well. It is in high demand in Nigeria and sells for reasonably good price.
Cabbage really does not like the sun, it grows better in a cold environment but must get at least 6 hours of sunlight everyday. It grows well on a well fertile, well drained manured soil.
Cucumber - As I always says: Great skin starts with Cucumber; If you really want your skin to be happy, your number one answer is cucumber. This is because, cucumber and skin is known to share the same level of hydrogen content, which makes it easier for cucumber to deal with the skin problems by engulfing them. It works well in soothing, softening, and relaxing your skin very quickly.
Cucumber can be eaten raw and is used for preparation of many kinds of food in Nigeria. Cultivating this vegetable will surely put money into your pockets.
Cucumbers like every other vegetables like soil that is well drained and rich in organic matter, but don't stress about the soil conditions. Cucumbers are hearty plants and easy to grow. Just make sure they have full sunlight and soil that is rich in organic matter.
Cucumber sells quick to in markets across Nigeria and is widely consumed. It is another vegetable farming that makes a lot of money.
When you engage in farming, you will have plenty of food to eat, you sell to make good cash, and it gets you closer to nature. These will increase your overall well being as a human-being. So, give it a trial today and see yourself happy.
De Edge Farms
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