AGRIBUSINESS: HOW TO USE YOUR PHONE TO CREATE WEALTH IN AGRIBUSINESS.

Phones have become a necessity now if you are to stay on top of your game and make money. Phones have made running business so easy, you can practically carry your business in your hands.

 The phone is a must have in agribusiness.The phone can be used in the following ways to boost productivity and consequently generate wealth.

 The phone can be used to 1) Schedule appointments, write to do lists, and store contacts . It can be used to place an order, advertise your products and even receive cash for goods sold.

 2) A picture  says more than a thousand words. A phone with a good camera advantage will give you an added advantage when you are advertising your products on line.
 A phone with a great camera view to help report any case on your farm using pictorial logs, also recording of an incident ongoing before the vet arrives on site is another advantage .

These pictures and video can be used as evidence for insurance claims.

3)  Messaging: this is not limited to ordinary texts, whats App is a great way to showcase what is happening on your farm. Creation of wealth just got easy with the use of short codes and broadcast messaging advantage of Whats App that allows you to advert your products to a vast number of clientele.

 Building a brand at zero cost is now possible, all you need is a good camera to post daily pictures ,and activities of your business on your social media handles and promote on different forums such as xxxx, pppp, yyyy,e.t.c An app on your phone is a reliable tool in agribusiness.

AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT: THE BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE.

AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT: THE BUSINESS OF AGRICULTURE.

 The business angle of agriculture is agribusiness and the skills and tools necessary to ensure success in agriculture is the management of your business components. The success of any business depends on finding a gap and filling it completely.

 This means  you find an opening,a gap, a need that will improve lives of people. The business is also to promote economic growth apart from  satisfying a need /want in your environment .


 Business= finding a need/want/gap = fill it by providing the #product /#service/goods= #reward=#wealth.

This is also true in agriculture,find a gap/supply what is needed and make money.

 The story of ECHBEE FOODS,is not different we found a gap in the cassava/garri value chain and we filled it.

  Echbee Foods  discovered  that children under 5 were prone to malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency due to poor feeding associated with poverty and lack of knowledge of what to  mix to provide a balanced ration.

AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk.

AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. Dairy cattle in a farm. Feeding balanced rations that meet the chemical and physical needs of the cow is imperative for their good milk production.Milk composition is economically important to the producers and processors and nutritionally vital to the consumers. AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. A rising trend of health conscious consumers and the introduction of milk pricing system based on quality has compelled processors to focus on the milk component rather quantity. AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. Paul Mambo, a dairy consultant with SNV Kenya, says that many factors affect and alter the milk components among them nutrition, genetics and environment, season, age of the cow, stage of lactation, level of production and diseases.Farmers should, therefore, ensure the feeds they offer their cows are balanced, that is, have energy, protein, minerals and vitamins. “The major milk components are water, fat, protein, lactose and minerals. Nutrition or the feeding management practices in a dairy farm can have a major impact on the levels of milk fat and protein concentration. Fat concentration is sensitive to dietary changes,” he says.AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. AGRIBUSINESS :The impact of weather on cow's milk. According to him, milk fat and protein component tend to be high during the rainy season and lowest during the dry seasons, variations that are attributed to changes in both the type of feed and climatic conditions. When cows go out for pasture in the dry periods, the milk fat is reduced and it is at this time when some farmers cannot afford quality fodder and quite often turn to rice and wheat straws.

AGRIBUSINESS : European Parliament Group Finds Pesticides in Hair Samples Across Europe.

AGRIBUSINESS : European Parliament Group Finds Pesticides in Hair Samples Across Europe. .The Greens / European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament released the results Wednesday of a unique long-term exposure ‘pesticides in hair’ testing project, initiated by The Detox Project and Kudzu Science. 148 hair samples were collected from six EU countries: Germany, Denmark, Wales, Italy, France and Belgium between the end of July and October 2018. The samples were then analysed for a selection of 30 pesticides including insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. AGRIBUSINESS : European Parliament Group Finds Pesticides in Hair Samples Across Europe. The results showed that 15 of the 30 ubiquitous pesticides tested for were found in at least one of the samples, with 60% of the samples containing at least one pesticide. Fipronil (insecticide), Propiconazole (fungicide), Permethrin (insecticide) and Chlorpyrifos-Ethyl (insecticide), were all found in more than 10% of the samples.

New Stardew Valley Expansion Allows Player To Shoot Self In Barn After Family Farm Bankrupted By Corporate Agribusiness..

New Stardew Valley Expansion Allows Player To Shoot Self In Barn After Family Farm Bankrupted By Corporate Agribusiness. While adding multiple new gameplay options and challenging story paths to their retro farming RPG Stardew Valley, developer Chucklefish Limited revealed Friday that an upcoming game expansion would allow players to shoot themselves in the barn after losing their farm to corporate agribusiness. “Stardew Valley’s latest update includes all kinds of fun new farm life challenges, including collecting minerals to restore your grandfather’s old shotgun, which you can then use to chase off the bank officials who come to foreclose on your land or even place in your character’s mouth and pull the trigger after you realize you’ve lost everything,” more

How to feed your pigs for less.

Feed accounts for 65-85% of the cost of commercial pig production. The more a farmer knows about their pigs' feed need, the better he can meet this need efficiently. . The use of none conventional and cheap pig feed ingredients that are available in Africa e.g.Banana, Plantain, Pawpaw, sweet potatoes, coco-yam makes a difference in the profit margin.

AGRIBUSINESS : Parks and recreation.

AGRIBUSINESS : Parks and recreation.

Why is this egg covered in blood?.

Why is this egg covered in blood?Eggs should not have blood them. This is what you can do to prevent it. The image below was provided by Roodbont Publishers and is part of the Look, Think, Act series that will be published weekly on World Poultry. Hover over the icons within the image for more information.

Agribusiness: Making money leasing farm machinery to farmers.

Farm machinery is part and parcel of a successful agribusiness but many farmers shun the equipment due to high costs. Entrepreneurs can cash in by investing in these farm equipment and then lease out to farmers for a fee.

For livestock farmers, depending on the size of investment, tractors, chaff-cutters, mowers, sprayers, forage harvesters and balers are some of the machinery to consider as they help in proper management and feeding of the livestock.

 Creative and  innovations to boost farming productivity is encouraged as it also helps grow the country’s economy in different ways.  Emphasis on irrigation to reduce dependence on rain-fed farming should also be of core interest of the in the face of limited farming land and idle land deemed un-farmable due to the prevailing dry conditions. 

 In crop farming, tractors, ploughs, planters, tillers and harrowers, among others, are essential as they facilitate better farming. continue

AGRIBUSINESS : WOMEN EMPOWERMENT,MDGS AND POULTRY VALUE CHAIN.

AGRIBUSINESS : WOMEN EMPOWERMENT,MDGS AND POULTRY VALUE CHAIN. The poultry value chain is a means of empowering women,this will in turn ensure food security while also encouraging children to go to school.The chain has various phases that can accommodate women; the egg sales/distribution, raising birds,selling packaged chicken,live chicken and also selling various chicken parts and opening food courts. AGRIBUSINESS : WOMEN EMPOWERMENT,MDGS AND POULTRY VALUE CHAIN. Women make up a large % of farmers,that ensure food is available for the home front and for sale as well. When women are provided with chicks/space/feed/cages; any form of seed capital will ensure a turn around that they can live on.The women are responsible for the upkeep of their children,where the mothers have no means of livelihood,the children suffer and cant go to school. When women are empowered,more kids go to school and the school feeding programme is another area of empowerment.The women in an area/community could be organized to groups/subgroups; where a group produces,and other group prepares provided food stuff for the school children.This way at least the children are sure of nutritious meals at home and school.

DATAMATICS IS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE.

DATAMATICS IS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE.

  Data simply refers to processed information that is useful and accessible at any given time.

Information that are analyzed to produce data could come in various forms such as  names, dates of birth, age, weight,location, blood group,occupation e.t.c.

Information can be generated from profiles,phone records,history and hobbies.These can then be sorted, analyzed,categorized and the resultant data used to proffer solutions in desperate cases,like war-torn areas, places affected by diseases.

 The data generated from information on phone usage in communities in Africa has help the world food program to fashion out how to get supplies to hungry communities.

This is done by accessing how much is spent on calls,how often they recharge and the number within a particular radius that has access to phones.This has been a major method to support hungry families.