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idera1:
@OP, thanks for the Info. Please which one is more preferable to intercrop with cocoa between plantain and banana?

Any of the 2 is OK since the primary aim is to provide shade for the young cocoa plant. You must however note that economically plantain is better.

Thanks.

Bethelseedlings:


I really appreciates constructive argument, it's not all about superior idea but the need to learn a new thing in a new way. Break even is a relative term, which might not necessary uniform with respect to different situations surrounding establishment of farm. Someone who bought a land for a production will definitely be lagging behind in profit calculation when compared to someone that is farming on inherited properties. Mordern day farming really accomodate planting more than one crop with cocoa through farming system technology. You can Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria for this technology. It is a way of intercroping with cocoa in order to maximize the usage of the land. Today, it is possible to intercrop cocoa and oil palm in a hollow square design, however planting a biennial or annual crop with cocoa has been recommended because of quick returns from the farm. No one can give out a budget proposal of breaking even up here because some people don't really know, and they want to use the medium to acquire knowledge. To the best of my Knowledge, it is possible to break even in the first 5 years if appropriate approach is taken; so also it is possible to run at loss even beyond the 5 years if you fail to go through a profitable approach

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Good submission my brother....I have no objection to the possibility of 5 years but the possibility of 3 years is what I "doubt".

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Aare2050:
@skilldammy2 aka OP

You have finally played your penalty to throwing. Amara of highest order. Just tell us you need customers.

Though i don't sell e-book, neither do i have a thread on cocoa production, but with my knowledge in cocoa cultivation, i can categorically tell you your points shows that you are also a farmer on the book, and not in real life.

I have 25 years of farming experience, Majorly cocoa farming. This is because i have cocoa farmers as parents and relatives.

You can make your capital in 3 years.
Quote me anywhere that i said so.
If you doubt it, here is how.

The first year of your cultivation, lets say just 1 acre.
Do all the necessary things, you can not plant cocoa until june/july, due to rainfall shortage around april/may.

So before the cocoa plantation, you can plant maize, melon, okro, and other short time crops, even pepper.

Don't forget to make available plantain soccer. You also plant this before or during the time you plant your cocoa.

So by june/july, your maize and other crops should be ready for market. Don't tell me you are not going to make some cash.

Now allow your plantaing to grow along with your cocoa, see how much plantain you will Harvest withing 2 years.

That one no be money?

You may not start making the money quickly, as i can percive the get rich quick in you, when the money start coming after the cocoa is fully developed, then you will forget the hardship of the olding days.

Jah bless!

Sincerely, I won't have quoted nor reply your comment because of your childish way of presenting your point with abusive words.

Your last statement actually contradict your points which still further validate what the post is all about. This actually revealed you are here just to derail this post with the hope that I will be annoyed to start trading words with you. Let me quickly clarify that this post is not about how to make quick money (millions) from cocoa farming but to rather enlighten the public/intending cocoa farmers that cocoa cultivation is not as easy as it was been presented by most people on nairaland. I will advice you kindly go through my post again with an objective mind.

However, I will like to let you know that your theoretical analysis from your 25 years experience was still based on the primitive way and not modern cocoa farming with best management practices. I guess this is what gave you the impression that you can get all your expenses back within 3 years using the approach you highlighted in your comment. Though, i quite appreciate your approach but I'm 100 percent confident if you attach figures to it, you will be surprised that you can't break-even with it also. You won't know this because I guess those people you said you learn from have no adequate financial and yield records (I'm sorry if it sound abusive). If you are doubting me kindly highlight your expected costs and projected returns here for us to see.

However, since nobody has a monopoly of wisdom nor epitome of knowledge, I will quite appreciate if you can kindly highlight those figures how you want to get all your expenses back within 3 years without using abusive words so everyone can learn from it Sir.

Note: Please i will appreciate intellectual argument and not abusive words. Failure to do this will prevent me from responding to your comment.

Regards.

Sokoya D. P
Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Tree crops

stagger:


So from the bolded, can you be classified as a "real" cocoa farmer? You are online and your post was indeed very long!

I get your point anyway. There is a big difference from paper calculations and what obtains in the field. Besides, cocoa does not attain peak production in the first 5 years.

Smilingggggggg
Well, that doesn't mean some won't come online at all. After all, we still have few literates among them and my point is that they don't have much time to be telling you how you can make "millions" from cocoa farming.

This post is not all about how to make millions from cocoa farming but to caution our intending cocoa farmers that its not as sweet as this people do presented it to them. Thanks

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THE TRUTH ABOUT INVESTING IN COCOA FARMING IN NIGERIA

I have seen so many posts on the internet, specifically nairaland of how to make so so so profit or millions from cocoa cultivation after 18months. Thats on book! It's not realistic anywhere in Nigeria. There is a huge difference between fruiting of cocoa tree and harvesting of cocoa pods

Sometimes, I keep wondering why people think tree crops farming such as cocoa farming is as easy as buying and selling pure water on the street....Many of the new cocoa farmers keep coming to our office explaining how they have lost millions of naira based on the statistics and information given by theoretical farmers on the internet, most especially on nairaland and you can easily spot this in their write ups.

The truth is that, the real cocoa farmers don't even have time to come online not to talk of having time to be typing lengthening words about how you can make millions from cocoa farming because most of them are illiterates and those that are literate are busy looking for how to increase their yield and also expand their cocoa farm.

From my experience in cocoa farming coupled with my background in Agricultural Economics. No one can break-even with pure cocoa farming even in 5 years considering both the operating and capital costs depending on the hectarage of land.

Presently, i work with the department of Tree crops in Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture and have consulted for so many cocoa farms but I'm yet to see any one break-even in 5 years not to talk of 18 months or 3 years that most of our "book farmers" and also cocoa seedlings seller will told you.

Have come to realised that some don't even know how to determine if cultivating a tree crops such as cocoa is profitable not to talk of preparing the cash flow analysis. The bitter truth is if you use only book or information on internet to start your cocoa farm you will also harvest your cocoa inside the book and on internet.

There are so many economic analytic tools you can used to actually determine if investing in cocoa farming warrant a monetary investment and part of it is the break-even analysis, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return, net present value and profitability index. Each economic tool served a unique purpose with interpretation.

For those interested in investing in cocoa farming, i will advice you carry out your feasibility studies within the geographical location you intend to set up your cocoa farm (on the field) not on the internet, then sit down and prepare a comprehensive business plan for your cocoa farm before you venture into it.

However, you must note the following:
- Don't ever plan to cultivate cocoa farm on a family land or rent land.......You will regret that decision later.

- If you are looking for a quick money return business...dont go in to cocoa farming.

- Don't borrow money from bank to start a cocoa farm. You will regret it.

- If you don't have at least little ion for farming don't go into cocoa farming at all.

You must however note that planting cocoa tree is like planting money because Its not just a farm but an asset that will outlast someone's life time.

You can me on for any advice on Tree crops such as cocoa, cashew, citrus, oil palm etc.
Thanks.

THE TRUTH ABOUT COCOA FARMING IN NIGERIA

I have seen so many posts on the internet, specifically nairaland of how to make so so so profit or millions from cocoa cultivation after 18months. Thats on book! It's not realistic anywhere in Nigeria. There is a huge difference between fruiting of cocoa tree and harvesting of cocoa pods.

Sometimes, I keep wondering why people think tree crops farming such as cocoa farming is as easy as buying and selling pure water on the street. Many of the new cocoa farmers keep coming to our office explaining how they have lost millions of naira based on the statistics and information given by theoretical farmers on the internet, most especially on nairaland and you can easily spot this in their write ups.

The truth is that, the real cocoa farmers don't even have time to come online not to talk of having time to be typing lengthening words about how you can make millions from cocoa farming because most of them are illiterates and those that are literate are busy looking for how to increase their yield and also expand their cocoa farm.

From my experience in cocoa farming coupled with my background in Agricultural Economics. No one can break-even with pure cocoa farming even in 5 years considering both the operating and capital costs depending on the hectarage of land.

Presently, i work with the department of Tree crops in Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture and have consulted for so many cocoa farms but I'm yet to see any one break-even in 5 years not to talk of 18 months or 3 years that most of our "book farmers" and also cocoa seedlings seller will told you.

Have come to realised that some don't even know how to determine if cultivating a tree crop such as cocoa is profitable not to talk of preparing the cash flow analysis. The bitter truth is if you use only book or information on internet to start your cocoa farm you will also harvest your cocoa inside the book or on the internet.

There are so many economic analytic tools you can use to actually determine if investing in cocoa farming warrant a monetary investment and part of it is the break-even analysis, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return, net present value and profitability index. Each economic tool served a unique purpose with interpretation.

For those interested in investing in cocoa farming, i will advice you carry out your feasibility studies within the geographical location you intend to set up your cocoa farm (on the field) not on the internet, then sit down and prepare a comprehensive business plan for your cocoa farm before you venture into it.

However, you must note the following:

- Don't ever plan to cultivate cocoa farm on a family land or rent land.......You will regret that decision later.

- If you are looking for a quick money return business...dont go in to cocoa farming.

- Don't borrow money from bank to start a cocoa farm. You will regret it.

- If you don't have at least little ion for farming don't go into cocoa farming at all.

You must however note that planting cocoa tree is like planting money because Its not just a farm but an asset that will outlast someone's life time.

You can me on 08123916545 for any advice on Tree crops such as cocoa, cashew, citrus, oil palm etc.

Thanks

targus:
@Vastfinder,

That is a nice write up but i can see from your write up that you are definitely not a practising farmer and most probably has never been to a cocoa farm before, if you are, you will know that the early maturing variety that we are taking about doesn't actually start fruiting in 18 months but will only flower and shed the flowers because the stem is not strong enough to carry about 30 to 50 pods of coca at that time and when it does start fruiting after the 3rd year only few percentage will bring fruit and then gradually increase, before you start enjoying cocoa farm you are looking at the 5th year, do you know how much it cost to maintain cocoa farm for 5 years. Let me break it down for you for the benefit of the people in this forum so they can have correct information before going into it.

Please note that this is based on 10 Acres

year one.

you will need to do the land clearing, the current rate is 45k

you will need about 3500 plantain suckers to use as cover crop and source of incoming while the cocoa is growing. sucker @ 50naira each =175k

Panting at 30naira per sucker (Digging is 20naira and planting is 10 Naira) =105k

planting of Cocoa at 30 naira per seedling (5000 Seedling on 10 acres) 150k

second weeding of the land around August is another 45k.

Tree killing to open up the canopy on 10 acres will cost around 50k depending on the area.

final weeding of the year will happen around November ending to allow air flow to the plant. 45k

the second year , you 'll need to weed it 3 Times @45k each =135k

You will need to use pesticide which we cost you at the between 2500 to 4000 naira per bottle and you will use at least 4 on 10 acres plus labour

it is general knowledge that average of 10% -20% of the seedling will die (if you are lucky) due to various factor like whether and bad patches of

soil etc, this will need to be replanted.

This will continue until you have a fully matured farm.

so how can you tell me that you'll start getting return on coca farm in 2 years ,i can tell you from experiencing that you don't break even on Cocoa plantation even in 5 years if you are lucky.

I'm not trying to rock your Boat, i just don't want people to get into it with a flaw advise and on assumption that you'll start making money in the second year.

Sorry if i step on your toes.

You nailed it brother....

I have seen so many posts on the internet, specifically nairaland of how to make so so so profit or millions from cocoa cultivation after 18months. Thats on book and not realistic anywhere. There is a huge difference between fruiting of cocoa tree and harvesting of cocoa pods

Sometimes, I keep wondering why people think tree crops farming such as cocoa farming is as easy as buying and selling pure water on the street....Many of the new cocoa farmers keep coming to our office explaining how they have lost millions of naira based on the statistics and information given by theoretical farmers who are almost 80 percent on nairaland and you can easily spit this by their write ups

The truth is that the real cocoa farmers don't even have time to come online not to talk of having time to be typing lengthening words about how you can make millions from cocoa farming. Though it worth investing into because you will later realised its not just a cocoa farm but an asset.

From my experience in cocoa farming coupled with my background in Agricultural Economics. No one can break-even with cocoa farming even in 5 years considering both the operating and capital costs depending on the hectarage of land we are looking at.

Presently, i work with the department of Tree crops in Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture and have consulted for so many cocoa farms but I'm yet to see any one break-even in 5 years not to talk of 18 months or 3 years most of our "book farmers" we analyse for you.

Have come to realised that some don't even know how to determine if cultivating a tree crops such as cocoa is profitable not to talk of preparing the cash flow analysis. The bitter truth is if you use only book to start your cocoa farm you will also harvest your cocoa inside the book.

There are so many economic analytic tools you can used to actually determine if investing in cocoa farming warrant a monetary investment or not and part of it is the break-even analysis, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return, net present value and profitability index. Each economic tool served a unique purpose with interpretation.

For those interested in investing in cocoa farming, i will advice you carry out your feasibility studies mostly on the field (cocoa farm) not on the internet, then sit down and prepare a comprehensive business plan for your cocoa farm before you venture into it.

If you don't have at least little ion for farming don't go into cocoa farming at all. It goes beyond making money alone.

You can me on 08123916545 for any advice on any Tree crops such as cocoa, cashew, citrus, oil palm etc.

Thanks.

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ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!! TO INTENDING & EXISTING COCOA FARMERS.

Another cocoa planting season has arrived. However, it is important to note that a child that is not given a proper upbringing from the parents would become a problem to the society. Similarly, a cocoa seedling that is not given a proper care from the nursery would become a problem to the farmer.

It has been observed that several cocoa farmers in Nigeria always find it difficult to establish full cocoa plantation due to sudden drying of cocoa plants, non-flowering of some cocoa trees, poor resistance to diseases, less yield and poor quality of cocoa beans. The major reason behind these problems is the failure of cocoa farmers to procure quality cocoa seedlings.

To avoid unnecessary headache, stress, loss of valuable time and funds, it is always important to get your cocoa seedlings from a reliable and dependable source.

For your early matured and diseases resistance cocoa seedlings, kindly :

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08123916545.

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mantosa:
Hello there,

I have ready cocoa for sale. 20 tonnes. Please let me know if you will be interested or if you can help refer a buyer

how much do you intend to sell per ton? and may I see the sample of your dried cocoa beans (I mean pictures). incase you don't want to state your price here kindly call 08123916545.

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@ Megainvest, crank and the rest....nice one!......

Farming is just like any other business with so many risk but you can minimize your risk since it is measurable. I can bet you one million times that most figures on the internet are totally different from reality when you get on the farm.

This is Nigeria and not Australia please.

However,for your comprehensive and detailed business
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MOHE:
Is there any particular spacing between each stand?

Its is 3m by 3m and your 2 acres will accomodate approximately 888 cocoa stands

However, you will plant cocoa seedlings and not cocoa seed

MOHE:
Is there any particular spacing between each stand?

Its is 3m by 3m and your 2 acres will accomodate approximately 888 cocoa stand

However, you will plant cocoa seedlings and not cocoa seed

MOHE:
Are you on whatsapp?

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