How Nigeria Can Extract More Value from Its Pulses

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • May 19, 2024
  • 18 min read

In early february this year, on “World’s Pulses Day”, I joined Vestance (an agribusiness intelligence firm) on an X (Twitter) space to discuss how Nigeria can extract more value from its pulses. Prior to this event I had always wanted to inform people on how super a crop group pulses are to sustainably reaching an […]

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Sack Farming

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 22, 2024
  • 15 min read

Lecture 1: Introduction & Requirements Table of Contents   Section A  About   Section B Importance of sack farm    Section C Importance of sack farm    Section D (Materials Required)  Prepare your mind.  Land history and situation.  Soil (type, fertility test, preparation).  Manure (rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and carbon).  Fertiliser. Irrigation.  Seeds (hybrid […]

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The Art of Growing cucumber successfully.

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • February 7, 2024
  • 1 min read

I took time out to write on how to grow cucumber successfully. Venturing into agriculture one of the first crop/things I ever did was growing cucumber. Many of my productions did not go really well. But the mistakes I made, failures I saw, I was able to reflect on them, which guided my subsequent productions […]

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10 tips from my experience to help you grow tomatoes

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • April 13, 2020
  • 16 min read

1.       Good production starts outside the field. Laying good foundation is crucial to seeing great results with tomato production. This entails procuring the right seeds and ensuring appropriate field conditions that promote proper growth, development, thriving, and productivity of seeds. Quite a number of productions are impacted and even from the start by pests, diseases, […]

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