Poultry farming
Probably one of the popular agricultural business in Nigeria today. This is simply because the number of people opting for chicken meat and egg is enormous. Another reason is how easy you can set and start the poultry farm from your backyard.
There are two ways you can start the business. either start the business to focus on meat (that’s growing broilers or cockerel) or grow layers (for egg production).
Rice farming
With massive investment to reduce import, in the rice farming sector, rice farming is one of the rising agricultural business in Nigeria.
The great thing about rice farming is it can be done irrespective of the location that you’re in. all you need is the right type of land, seedlings and employ the best farming practice and you’re good to go.
Rice farming can be done whether during both the dry and rainy season.
If you want to start a rice farm and turn it into a business, we’ve written about the complete guide to starting a rice farming business.
Fish farming
Fish is one common food that has high demand and low farmers to meet the demand. The government keeps importing fish to augment the deficit.
Starting the fish farming business is one of the business has the market and will continue to have the market.
There are several ways you can join the business and these include:
- Starting the business by hatching and selling fingerlings to existing farmers.
- Either buying or growing the fish from fingerlings to broad stock.
- Buying the already grown fish and sell it to retail customers.
Whichever way you decide to join the business, you still can get the required customers and makes the profit you’ll need.
If you want to start a fish farming business, we have written extensively on the process you’ll need to start the business of fish farming business.
Pig farming
While growing up, pig farming was a big business in some part of the north. They grow them and then transport them to the southern part. But that was then, today, none seems to be happening.
That doesn’t mean that pig farming business is dead. Today there is more demand for pig and few farmers.
The pig farming can be started in your backyard and grow the business. However, getting to know the step by step process will go alone way of ensuring you become successful at the end of the day.
Tomato farming
Some do think that tomato farming is only possible in the northern part only and this is simply because of how the tomato is a farm in the north.
Well, the good news is that tomato farming is possible irrespective of where the farm is located.
The only thing that’ll ensure that tomato farming is possible, you’ll need to use a greenhouse which will ensure that you control the temperature year in year out and at the same time, maintain your production.
If you intend to start the business of tomato farming, then you can read the complete process of starting a tomato farming business.
Processing business
There are many raw materials today in the agricultural industry. But there are still rooms for the processing of the product.
Lack of processing is one of the reasons why many opt for foreign foods like rice because they’ve been processed and have been free from impurities.
There are different processing business you can start today. However, there are certain things to consider before going into the processing business and these include:
- Ensure that there is a regular supply of the raw material. This will keep you in business and thus grow your customers.
- Ensure that the price is affordable.
- Have a future plan to ensure that the business will begin their own product line.
These are some of the processing things to take into consideration.
Maize farming
Maize is one we cannot do without for several reasons. One because it’s a stable food and secondly, it’s one major raw materials for animal feeds.
If you’re thinking of starting maize farming, you’ll definitely need to go through the practical learning process.
When maize farming is done right, one hectare of land can produce between 80 to 100 bags.
