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Agronomy |
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| Cassava
cultivation is a business like any other that is focused on the making of
profit on an investment put into growing cassava for leaves, stems and roots.
The target is for roots and stems but the leaves are a good supplementary
output with a potential cash value.
The business environment in Nigeria must be understood and plans made within the realities in the country. The stage of agricultural development in the nation will affect every step of our work. Two types of cassava cultivation systems go side by side in Nigeria. Household Subsistence Cultivation (HSC) of cassava for household food and little surplus for sale. The more Commercially-Oriented Cultivation (COC) that is based on meeting commercial targets. In the HSC the cultivation is moved from one farmland to another farmland in small pieces of land in several locations until a time when the fertility declines. In COC, one large piece of land is carefully developed over several years and the best option in the use of land, soil, fertilizer, herbicides, minimum use of labour, and use of science and statistics to guide the management actions of the farm. In
this section information on crop agronomy will be provided to enable more
sustainable commercial cultivation for both HSC and COC groups. |
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