5 PROFITABLE FARMING BUSINESSES
Farming generally plays an important role in the world economy and human life. The most basic needs of human beings are food, clothes and shelter, all these are provided directly or indirectly through farming.
1) MAIZE FARMING
This is one of the easiest crop farming one can do and start making money within some couple of months because this crop can be produced all year round and it is loved by many.
It takes about 3 months for a maize to mature and be ready to be harvested, All you basically have to do is make sure the corn grains are well dried in the sun and then planted in the right soil.
The corn gotten from this farming is in high demand because it can be used to produce different types of foods like Pap, cereals, snacks, cornflakes, salad dressings, peanut butter and different kinds of flour products. Corn can also be enjoyed roasted or cooked.
All these shows that that maize farming is a very profitable business to start, all that is required are seed grains, good soil , irrigation (if it is not raining season) and some dedication.
2) CASSAVA FARMING
This is also a good farming business to start in your backyard, but it is a little bit harder than maize farming. It requires the cassava stem to be planted and not a seed.
It takes about eight(8) to twelve(12) months before it matures and can be harvested.
The cassava gotten from this type of farming has a ready market because it is the raw material used for many food products like Garri, FuFu, cassava flakes, cassava flour, bread, ethanol which is used to make alcohol.
What is basically needed to start this business are Cassava stems, land, irrigation and constant maintenance of the cassava plant.
3) PLANTAIN AND BANANA PLANTATION FARMING
This is also a very easy farming business to start up, it takes about 12 months for the plantain to mature while for the banana it takes about 9 months to mature but it needs an additional 2 months for it to fill out and be well ripened.
What is needed for this type of farming are the suckers of a plantain or banana plant.
Plantain are used as a raw material to make food products like elubo (plantain flour), pan cakes, bread, Puff-puff, biscuit.
Banana are used as a raw material to make food products like bread, muffins, milkshakes, pan cakes, oatmeal.
All these are proves to show that one cannot go wrong with a banana plantation, plantain plantation or both.
4) PUMPKIN FARMING
One can never go wrong with this type of vegetable in Nigeria because it is highly consumed to make soup that are eaten with "swallows". And from all indications pumpkin leaf or "Ugu" as it is popularly called in Nigeria is one of the most eaten vegetable in the country. After planting the seed it takes just a month to start harvesting and you can keep on harvesting several months after that, so it is a very profitable business to start in your backyard.
This is one of the best farming business to start at your backyard, all you need to start are pumpkin seeds, land, constant and adequate irrigation.
Pumpkin leafs are used to cook many types of soups.
5) TOMATOES FARMING
If you are the type of person that often go to buy groceries you would have realised tomatoes are highly demanded food ingredient. It is one of the easiest and best farming business to start in your backyard, it is a highly profitable farming business because tomatoes as a raw material is highly demanded for by Nigerian tomatoes processing factories even to the point that they are even imported from neighbouring countries.
The tomatoes seed are first dried in the sun before planted in pots, after it is a little bit mature make sure you plant the tomatoes deeper in the soil than they first came in pot. It takes about 4 months to start harvesting tomatoes after planting.
Tomatoes is a raw material used for preparing sauce, stew,canned tomatoes and different types of soups.
One can never go wrong with this type of vegetable in Nigeria because it is highly consumed to make soup that are eaten with "swallows". And from all indications pumpkin leaf or "Ugu" as it is popularly called in Nigeria is one of the most eaten vegetable in the country. After planting the seed it takes just a month to start harvesting and you can keep on harvesting several months after that, so it is a very profitable business to start in your backyard.
This is one of the best farming business to start at your backyard, all you need to start are pumpkin seeds, land, constant and adequate irrigation.
Pumpkin leafs are used to cook many types of soups.
5) TOMATOES FARMING
If you are the type of person that often go to buy groceries you would have realised tomatoes are highly demanded food ingredient. It is one of the easiest and best farming business to start in your backyard, it is a highly profitable farming business because tomatoes as a raw material is highly demanded for by Nigerian tomatoes processing factories even to the point that they are even imported from neighbouring countries.
The tomatoes seed are first dried in the sun before planted in pots, after it is a little bit mature make sure you plant the tomatoes deeper in the soil than they first came in pot. It takes about 4 months to start harvesting tomatoes after planting.
Tomatoes is a raw material used for preparing sauce, stew,canned tomatoes and different types of soups.
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