Investing in Agriculture | Expanding your Wealth

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ost people these days fail to realize that agriculture remains the best way through which they can expand their wealth. Agriculture has created about 70% of employment for the occupant of most countries.

Agriculture is the act of growing of crops (cash and export) and rearing of livestock for personal consumption and commercial purposes. It can either in carried out in a subsistent or commercial method of farming. There are so many aspect of agricultural farming that one can invest on that will make huge cash in return. The following are a few of such farming.

i.                   Fish Farming: This is one of the most popular farming practice in Nigeria because its products is by far the most popular animal products in the market that tend to be usually high in demand to compare with the meat products. Fish is the biggest source of omega-3 fatty acids which is extremely beneficial to human heart and since the body cannot produce these fatty acids, fish now become the right source. Fish are cultivated in various species such as cat fish, tilapia, mackerel (Titus) etc.

ii.                 Oil Palm Farming: This is one of the most useful plants in the world; this plant has no wastage in all its part right from the frond to the stem. This plant is the only source of red oil which is extracted from the palm fruit. The palm oil from this plant is the best cooking oil in the world due to its low content of cholesterol. Various Nigerian farmers make a lot of money per annum operating oil palm farming.

iii.              Plantain Farming: Plantain is a farm crop that brings a lot of cash when invested on, because the number of farmers producing plantain in Nigeria is very few and this really makes the demand for plantain high and profitable. The plantain farming is a very lucrative one and does not require much capital to start up if you already have a farm land to carry out your farming operation.

iv.              Cattle Rearing: This aspect of agricultural farming is very lucrative and it is majorly carried out in the northern part of Nigeria. In cattle rearing, there are various methods involved. A cattle farmer stands the chance of making money from the sale of the meat and milk gotten from the cattle.

v.                 Fruit Farming: Fruit farming is a good aspect of agriculture due to the health benefits and value that fruits add to the body system and lots more. There are plenty of fruits one can grow in our various localities that can fetch money regularly such as banana, pawpaw, orange, watermelon, cucumber etc.

vi.              Growing of Cassava: The growing of cassava plant today has been seen to be rewarding because the end products has always been in high demand. The cassava plant can also serve several uses and can be process and used for much purpose.

vii.            Poultry Farming: Poultry farming has been providing source of livelihood for most people in Nigeria today. Investing in this aspect of agriculture is highly profitable because both the meat and eggs derived serves as good source of health benefit to the body and lots of cash can be achieved from the sales of these products. Though in poultry farming there are certain things that ought to be put in place for maximum production.

From the few listed agricultural practices, if an investigation is to be carried out you will agree with me that venturing into these practices will really yield a huge sum of money annually due to the fact that most youth this days are shying away from agriculture not having it in mind that all the food they eat are agricultural produce.

So I will like to urge you to startup one among these listed agricultural practices and even carryout further research to discover other practices you can start up and the requirements involve and in order to have your maximum outputs.