AGRIBUSINESS : Real estate investment and cucumber farming.

AGRIBUSINESS : Real estate investment and cucumber farming. Starting an agribusiness usually requires a piece of land for expression,no matter how small,an investment in real estate is important. Agriculture could also be practiced in urban areas making an investment in real estate a profitable one. Agriculture in living areas could be very profitable if integrated farming is practiced.Investing in real estate alongside agriculture is a double stream of income with several tributaries. A piece of land purchased in residential area could be divided into 2 sections, a part(front ass living quarters) and back (2nd part) as an agricultural area for production. AGRIBUSINESS : Real estate investment and cucumber farming. The area set out for production can be used for fast yielding agricultural ventures such as planting cucumbers, and using the proceeds to start building. Real estate investment and cucumber farming. Land can be acquired in choice locations and set up part of it for farming,the type of farming will depend on the plan you have for the land.If you want to build living quarters for yourself then you can plant on part of the land and use proceeds to finance home. Buying land and waiting for it to appreciate before you sell,then this plan will be to divide land in sections and plant 2 fast yielding produce such as cucumbers and vegetables and turn proceeds to capital to acquire more land. The land could also be leased out to farmers who will use the land for farming and pay you for the lease,either way its a win-win situation. Real estate investment and cucumber farming. This is how to to turn your land to your ATM machine by planting cucumbers. One acre of land will produce 500 bags of 40kg each of fresh cucumbers after 3 months,and a bag of cucumbers sells for between 3k-8k depending on the season.

FOR WOMEN FARMERS IN INDIA, COLLECTIVE MARKETING MEANS INDIVIDUAL GAINS.

FOR WOMEN FARMERS IN INDIA, COLLECTIVE MARKETING MEANS INDIVIDUAL GAINS.Women vegetable farmers in Muzaffarpur, India, benefit from collective marketing, cutting out the middlemen and putting more money back into their businesses and families.

WOMEN-LED FARMS AND PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECREATING THE LITCHI VALUE CHAIN IN INDIA.

WOMEN-LED FARMS AND PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECREATING THE LITCHI VALUE CHAIN IN INDIA.In honor of International Day of the Rural Woman, we are celebrating Geeta Devi and the women of Muzaffarpur, who trained to improve their farming businesses, increase their yields, and negotiate better contracts for a more transparent and profitable value chain. WOMEN-LED FARMS AND PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECREATING THE LITCHI VALUE CHAIN IN INDIA.

Women farmers want African govts to implement Mabuto Agric policy.

Women farmers want African govts to implement Mabuto Agric policy. Leaders of women farmers in Africa have urged governments across the continent to honuor the Mabuto declaration and commit 10 percent of their annual budget to agriculture, to ensure food security and economic growth of the continent. They made the plea yesterday in Abuja at a three-day Rural Women Farmers Forum (RWFF), Leadership Capacity Building Training and 5th Annual ‘Continental’ Planning meeting organised by the ActionAid Nigeria (AAN). The 2003 African Union (AU) Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security requires African countries to allocate at least 10 percent of their annual budgets to agriculture and achieve six percent annual GDP growth in the sector.Women farmers want African govts to implement Mabuto Agric policy.

Experts partner Kano farmers to boost cowpea production.

Experts partner Kano farmers to boost cowpea production. Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project, led by ICRISAT, a major international initiative supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and implemented by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with other research institutes has revealed that, the project has partnered farmers in Kano state through Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA) towards achieving a boost in cowpea production in the state. Addressing farmers during farmer’s green field day held at Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state, TLII project coordinator Dr. Chris Ojiewo stated that, the project is aimed at ensuring an increase in legume productivity, nutrition for smallholder farmers and increased in their income. He added that, the project has made several efforts in churning out to farmers improved variety seeds that will suits the climate in the tropical areas.

Nigeria’s potential at global cowpea market.

Nigeria’s potential at global cowpea market. Cowpea, known as beans in Nigeria, is an important economic crop whose seeds are consumed as a major source of protein, while the stems and leaves are used as animal feed during the dry season serving as a major source of income to its farmers. Its acceptability and consumption demand, adaptability to different soil types and drought resistance makes it an attractive and profitable crop to grow. Nigeria produces nearly 47 million metric tonnes of beans from an estimated 4.5 million hectares annually, making it the largest pulses producer in Africa and fourth largest producer of cowpea in the world.Nigeria’s potential at global cowpea market. Cowpea has been proven to improve soil fertility, manage soil erosion and could be harvested while the pods are young and green, mature and green, or when completely dry. India’s $1 billion offer to Nigeria: On February 7, Head of Chancery at the High Commission of India in Lagos, Mr Jagdeep Kapoor, announced his government’s plans to encourage Nigerian farmers to plant more pulses that would be exported to India, adding that his government would send in Indian farmers to support their Nigerian counterparts in farming the crops.Nigeria’s potential at global cowpea market.

GM beans hit market in 2018.

GM beans hit market in 2018. The field trials for the genetically modified cowpea have been concluded in Nigeria and the artificially engineered staple food will hit the markets across the country in 2018, Federal Government officials and a science conducting the research have said. There have been calls for and against the adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms across the world, with some scientists arguing that the practice will be harmful to human health. But government officials, agricultural experts in the universities and farmers gathered in Sheda, Abuja and gave a clean bill of health to the biotechnology practice. The conclusion of field trials for the pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea (bean) was announced and it was said the country would officially introduce its first indigenously engineered GM product in commercial quantity next year.GM beans hit market in 2018.