Advocate of Home 🏡 and City Farming 🌴🏙 🌴. A Farmer ,Food Soldier,Paid Agric Consultant+ Animal health care specialist.
Joined October 2017
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I sold my Ugu leafs 🍃🍃 in an open 🔓 market last week directly to the consumers! And people in the market were just looking at me like someone that wore backside of cloths! 🤷🏿♂️ 😂.
I was able to finish the sells within 10 minutes.
Why?
Check CS!
What exactly is stopping young people from seeing agriculture as a serious wealth-building opportunity in Nigeria?
Or do we need to inform them the needs to before they get involve.
#Newweek.
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
When things were normal in this country, a haul like today’s would have brought in over ₦2,000,000.
Instead, after loading every single animal onto that vehicle, the total payout came to ₦1,006,000.
A shortfall of over ₦900,000. Just like that. Gone.
That is the painful reality of a business I built with my own blood, sweat, and tears, a business the government didn't contribute a single naira to start, yet seems determined to crush by any means necessary.
Under the previous administration, even when fuel was ₦250/litre, mature pigs fetched ₦2,300/kg and growers went for ₦1,800/kg. Today, with fuel hovering around ₦1,382/litre, prices have inexplicably crashed, mature stock is dumped at ₦1,800/kg and growers at ₦1,500/kg.
Meanwhile, feed costs have exploded. Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) went from ₦99 to ₦240. Every other ingredient has doubled or tripled. Labour costs are through the roof. You are spending significantly more just to keep animals alive, only to sell them for far less than they were worth years ago.
The math doesn't make sense anymore. The hard work doesn't make sense.
I sit here staring at the figures, regretting why I didn't japa when I had the chance. You fight every day to build something locally, to create value, to survive... and the system just swallows you whole.
Sincerely, this country is sitting on a ticking time bomb.
Do you people ever get tired of being online?
Because honestly, my brain is begging for a break. social media is taking a toll on my mental health recently!
How do you cope?
What's the cure? 😕😒
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
One of the most labour-intensive crops to farm, in my opinion, is tiger nut.
From planting to harvesting, the process requires quite a lot of effort. But the harvesting stage? That's a different level of work entirely.
Especially when the soil is hard or compacted. Digging them out is already stressful, and separating the tiger nuts from the soil afterwards is another whole task.
Tiger nut farmers, how do you cope with this harvesting process? Are there easier methods or tools that can reduce the labour involved?
One of the realities of running an agro-input business is that your sales are largely tied to the farming calendar.
When planting season is approaching, especially after March, the business picks up! But once the season begins to wind down, patronage drops significantly.
Interestingly, while many other businesses maintain relatively steady sales, agro-input dealers sometimes have to prepare for a period of almost predictable inactivity. Farmers reduce spending, some suspend production, and the demand for agricultural inputs naturally declines.
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
Not all foods you see outside there are safe enough to be consumed.
THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION MUST BE
*Healthy For Farmer
*Healthy For Consumer
*Healthy For Environment
Remember "if it's not safe, it's not food. If it's not food, it should never be consumed"
The wellbeing of our customers is of outpost priority to us
#BaaleofMilan
#AgribusinessCoach
#FutureBillionaire
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
At Shasha Akure, Imagine selling a whole crate of tomatoes for 7k.
*Keke collected N1,300 per crate.
*Middleman (Delilah) collected 1k per crate.
*You rent crate N500 per crate.
How much now remain?
A farmer’s experience
How much is it sold in your location?
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
I AM A FARMER!
Agriculture is more than farming. It is a value chain powered by farmers, processors, aggregators, extension workers, researchers, input suppliers, marketers, transporters, entrepreneurs and countless other professionals.
Today, I want to celebrate the people behind our food systems.
If you work in agriculture or any part of its value chain, quote this post with a picture of yourself at work.
Show us what you do and where you contribute. Let the world see the faces behind the food we eat and the future we are building.
Whether you're on the farm, in the factory, laboratory, marketplace, office or field, YOU ARE PART OF THE STORY!
Let this platform see the faces of agriculture.
I AM A FARMER. I AM AGRICULTURE. I AM AGRIBUSINESS.
I am Baale of Milan
I AM A FARMER!
Agriculture is more than farming. It is a value chain powered by farmers, processors, aggregators, extension workers, researchers, input suppliers, marketers, transporters, entrepreneurs and countless other professionals.
Today, I want to celebrate the people behind our food systems.
If you work in agriculture or any part of its value chain, quote this post with a picture of yourself at work.
Show us what you do and where you contribute. Let the world see the faces behind the food we eat and the future we are building.
Whether you're on the farm, in the factory, laboratory, marketplace, office or field, YOU ARE PART OF THE STORY!
Let this platform see the faces of agriculture.
I AM A FARMER. I AM AGRICULTURE. I AM AGRIBUSINESS.
@BaaleOfMilan @Nig_Farmer @VisserLola @Farmexecutive @Samsonprolific
@Lawrence_mayowa @dhot_man @Owelle_Ikemba @RetsonTedheke01 @akinwale_cfi @Cutefarmer01 @Ainatolulope1 tag other farmers.
#IAmAFarmer #Agriculture #Agribusiness #FoodSystems #GrowingFoodGrowingFutures
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
This day I went to a friend’s farm to conduct fish breeding campaign. I didn’t know I was going to meet Elijah @AquaSage001. Small world. We had this conversation.
Young people have a place in aquaculture & aquaculture can provide great opportunities for young people.
@sarnchos
Why do commercial feed manufacturers exclude stones from their feed formulation tables.
Birds raised in cages needs it!
Don't do manual watering this dry season!!
Update your methods with small money.
Get a drip lines and accessories.
Chukwunonso (Farmer) retweeted
The smartest farmers don't just ask what to grow. They ask when the market will need it most.
February may look far away, but the farmers who will be making money in it farming watermelon are making decisions now.
Imagine having enough watermelon on your farm to supply customers who are always wants more while others are waiting for first rain.
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Many Nigerians will probably go through life without ever fully expressing or exploring their sexuality.
Not necessarily because they lack desire, but because of how the system has conditioned them.
We have normalised postponing certain human experiences as though life will