angeltolly:
Hello farmers in the house. Please I need all the advice and guide you can offer to help a sister. I did agriculture as my first degree and have also finished with MSc (Agronomy).

I want to start my own farm and am actually new in this. I want practical successful farmers to help me out.

What crops do you think it's best to invest in for now (though I have vegetables in mind for now)
How much is much enough to start a green house farming.

Please I need all the necessary information, advise and support to make this work. Don't just read and pass. Thank you.

By the way, I am based in Lagos state.

majorgr:
First and foremost you will have to be specific in what you actually want to do. Agriculture is so diverse we cannot be experts in every aspects. So you will have to state exactly what you have in mind then the expert in that aspect will come in for you.

angeltolly:


Sure I know Agriculture is diverse and one can't be expert in every aspect. More reason why I said crop farming. Initially I had wanted to go for vegetables (greenhouse) among other options like cassava and plantain (open field) but now I can't decide yet. That is why I need advice from practising farmers.

majorgr:

if you can get or start a greenhouse that is fully irrigated you can grow all year round making your cool money like crops like bell pepper, determinate tomato, water melon, cucumber, and other vegetables with minimal input in disease and pest control since it would be in a greenhouse. the larger the greenhouse the more the produce.
cassava is another good one if you have the land mass for it i learnt recently that a ton of cassava sells for 28-32 k. now, what kind of vegetables do you think you Will like to get going in your greenhouse ?

angeltolly:


Oh great! Thanks for the reply. Cassava it is then. I will start working on it. Though I think the real gain from cassava is after processing (so I heard). So I will look into that too.

My concern about cucumber is the pest infestation ( I planted a while ago though it's on the field) I have thought of trying it out in the greenhouse but the courage is still low due to the past experience.

majorgr:

Yes, better then to grow ur cucumbers in the greenhouse to reduce pest infestation or u'd better be ready to increase ur spraying regime if it is on the field as u also fertilize ur crop. Either way, u can still make it to work either in the field with consitent spraying or in the green house with reduce spraying. Yes the gain from cassava is nearly twice as much when processe than sold originally. Happy farming !

angeltolly:


Oh great! Thanks for the reply. Cassava it is then. I will start working on it. Though I think the real gain from cassava is after processing (so I heard). So I will look into that too.

My concern about cucumber is the pest infestation ( I planted a while ago though it's on the field) I have thought of trying it out in the greenhouse but the courage is still low due to the past experience.

ghadaphy:

I will advice you to go for cassava and especially the TME 419 variety, then along the line after some years you can intercrop with maize

angeltolly:
Hello farmers in the house. Please I need all the advice and guide you can offer to help a sister. I did agriculture as my first degree and have also finished with MSc (Agronomy).

I want to start my own farm and am actually new in this. I want practical successful farmers to help me out.

What crops do you think it's best to invest in for now (though I have vegetables in mind for now)
How much is much enough to start a green house farming.

Please I need all the necessary information, advise and support to make this work. Don't just read and pass. Thank you.

By the way, I am based in Lagos state.