Setting Up a Successful Agro and Food Farm Anywhere in Nigeria: Simple Steps for Achievement.

Are you interested in setting up an Agro/food farm? Or, you have a farm and want to apply modern and best farming practices?

You can start up an Agro based farm in poultry farming, Turkey farming, Grass-cutters farming, snail farming - also in crops production such as cashew, ginger, bitter kola, plantain, cucumber, tomatoes and much more you could ever think of. There are literally huge areas of Agro/food you can get into and access high yield breed stock and seedlings.

There are many ways you can get started, even with less or no capital. You just need to get trained, get contracts, supply and earn money. However, if you have the experience or have had the training already, the next step is to outsource for farmland for Agro farming. Agro farming in Nigeria is now a big business. There is a huge demand of Nigeria Agro/foods both local and export. You can make a lot of money as an Agro investor, exporter or manufacturer in the next 12 months of start-up. Profitablity and viability profile for different export products like Cashew nuts, Cocoa, ginger, Chilli pepper, Cassava for Garri, Vegetables, Egusi, Okro and much more.

It doesn't matter your reason for wanting to start up an Agro farm. If it is not for business, export - it could be for family consumption. This is otherwise known as peasant farming. West Africa countries, especially Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia etc still practice this system of agriculture. The startup of this system of farming is relatively small because it is meant for family consumption. It is operated under the tribal system of land ownership, mostly done in rural areas between relatives, in some villages or communities in Nigeria. And the size of farm an individual had depends on the inheritance to a large extent on the size of the family. So, if you have a farm land  as such, you can just go into agro farming, and still make use of simple implements such as hoes, cutlasses, axes etc.

For some indivduals with enough capital or help from banks, can get into Agro farming which a large farming approach is adopted. What that means is that they invest in plantation or estate, of cash crops meant for sale. This system of farming is capital intensive, and make require the use of modern technology. Most times, these plantations are mainly owned by governments or corporate establishments - see obsanjo farm. The best part of this system of farming is that it creates employment in production in relation to labour.

Co-operative farming can be best for people with less capital. It doesn't, however, mean that one could'nt afford the farming space, it could just be an initiative by various organizations such as mosques, churches, house-owners and so on, which farmers come together to enable them enjoy the advantages of large-scale production, buying and selling. Co-operative farming makes it relatively easier for the farmers to obtain support from government in terms of loans, grants and other incentives.