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HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM SCENT LEAF FARMING

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Scent leaf farming in Nigeria can earn you N200,000 months if you do it in a big way. While most people are looking around for the type of business to do and make money, many do not know how lucrative it would be for them to look towards vegetable farming in Nigeria. The demand for vegetables in Nigeria is very high and no amount you produced that will be enough. In this article, we will be looking at the overall values of this vegetable plant called Clove Basil. (Efirin in Yoruba, Nchanwu in Igbo, Daidoya in Hausa) and many other different names from different regions in the country. Scent leave is used for the preparation of various Nigerian and African foods such as pepper soup, Ofe Akwu, Yam porridge, vegetable soup, and other types of soups. They are very good and women are always out in search for it in the markets. Apart from the wonderful aroma that this leaf gives, it is also used as traditional medicine because scent leaf is known and believed to take care of good nu...
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GRASS-CUTTER FARMING IN NIGERIA.

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MARKET Grasscutter is considered a delicacy within our environment and there's hardly enough to meet demand. In addition there's an increase in foreign demand for the animal especially from Asian market. RISK The risk level of cane rat farming is low compared to other livestock. The input is low and returns is high as they are very prolific animals and require little care when compared to other livestock. FEEDING For every livestock farming  feeding cost usually surmount to about 70% of running cost. Which is what makes grasscutter farming attractive. The cost of feeding is really low as they feed on anything vegetable. They would eat elephant or napier grass, guinea grass, congo grass, gamba, alfalfa which are all readily available in our environment. They would equally eat tubers such as cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, fruits such as pawpaw, banana, plantain, corncobs sugar cane, hydroponic fodder, formulated concentrate feeds etc. Cheaper was of feeding grasscutt...
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HOW TO START GRASS-CUTTER FARMING IN NIGERIA

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Grasscutter farming is gaining popularity in Africa for good reasons.  Greater Cane Rat  popularly known as  Grasscutter  belongs to the rodent family and is very closely related to the porcupine, almost look alike except that porcupine is bigger. The spiny fur on the back and rounded nose distinguish Grasscutter from true rats. It reaches a length of about 720 mm when fully matured. Grasscutter farming can make you at least N3 million per year if you take it serious. So, how do you start Grasscutter farming in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa or any part of west Africa where this animal is most fond of? This article will address that.  Grasscutter is one of the animal that is extremely suitable for commercial rearing. If you are in the village and still complaining about money, you need to be brought out to the village square and be given 24 strokes of cane on a hot afternoon. Why? Because you’ve been allowing opportunities to pass you by all these y...
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