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Hidden Truths About Catfish Business!!!

Fish farming like other business has its proms and cons.. And truthfully its a very lucrative and yet a money draining business..  I have read articles about how lucrative the business is and how to invest and reap millions.. All I do is just to laugh on reading such article.. All they want is just for u to buy their manual and make money.. Surprisingly most of them don't have a farm of their own, they are computer farmers who don't have any experience whatsoever in the business.. I know of farms within my area who have shut down their farms due to frequent loss over the years.. I was also considering shutting down myself after I lost close to 2 million naira, yeah u heard me TWO MILLION NAIRA, but after diligent study which took about a year I decided to give it my last shot.. I had to seek help from other farmers, but every farm I went to I noticed they where all also running at loss.. That was when I decided heading to songhai farms at benin repurblic.. At songh...

Understanding The World Of Insecticide For Successful Vegetable Production

I hope you aren't for organic farming? If you are, then you might visit another articles of ours for this article won't be for your taste. INSECTICIDES are agrochemicals formulated to fight all types of insect pest attacking your crops. I know the word insect pest means only insect to some people! No! It could also refers to other arthropods (class to which insect belongs). There are other insect pests too such as spider family (arachnids), caterpillar, thrips, and worms. So next time you see an insecticide bottle, you might want to ask the question: to control what or which particular arthropod? Generally, vegetables are mostly being attacked by insect and arachnids, therefore you would often see on the label of the - Insecticide and acaricides respectively. Now that you know what insecticide (insecticide & acaricide) is, you might need to understand the following terminologies: 1. Broad-spectrum insecticide/acaricide: These are insecticide that would kill or prevent ...

Are You Thinking Of Going Into Vegetable Farming?

I guess is yes! Are you really thinking of going into vegetable cultivation? For what purpose; subsistence or profit? Notwithstanding, you need to acquire knowledge, skill and possibly training to get into the world of vegetables. First, you need to answer the question; which type of vegetables? Which seed types: Local varieties, improved open pollinated varieties OP or hybrids? At the same time, you need to consider if the vegetable type suits your agro-climatic condition.  TROPICAL CLIMATE VEGETABLE FARMING In this article, we would be focusing on cultivation of vegetables under tropical climate where Nigeria falls. Even in Nigeria, the climatic condition is diverse ranging from predominantly hot-humid/dry weather in the North (with exception of Jos-Plateau ) to hot-humid/wet common in the South. Surprising, except for some few vegetables, all vegetables thrive well under these climatic conditions with Good Agronomic Practices GAP. Coming back to the question of; 1 WHICH VEGETABLE...