Factors Affecting Availability Of Land For Agricultural Purpose

1.   Population Pressure: Increase in human population has created alternative uses of land for public utilities such as school, road, sewage etc. which makes land expensive to acquire.
2.   Land Tenure System: Land ownership in Nigeria does not make land available for large scale production.

Farmers who want to engage in large scale production find it difficult to acquire enough land for that purpose because of land ownership system

3.   Soil type: The type of soil in an area determining whether that soil will be available for farming or not, if the said type is loamy or clay it will be suitable for farming but if it is sand it will not be suitable.

4.   Topography: The slope of the land also determine availability of land for agriculture as hilly, mountainous and other forms of highlands is not suitable for agriculture as erosion will wash away any crop planted on such land.

5.   Climate: The climate of an area determines whether the land is suitable for agriculture or not.
 
Rainfall is the major determinant of crop distribution as area with heavy rainfall encourage tree crops production while area with low moderate rainfall favours food crop production

6.   Cultural practices: Cultural practices such as bush burning, deforestation etc. does not make land suitable for agricultural purpose.
   

A. Agricultural use of land       
   
1. Arable farming.
 
2. Livestock production.

3. Games reserve.
   
4. National park.

5. Forest reserve.

6. Agro-based industry.
   
7. Construction of dam and fish pond.
   
8. Farm settlement.
   
9. Horticulture.



B. Non-agricultural use of  land.

1. Farming and quarrying.

2. Construction of residential building.

3. Construction of road and rail.

4. Construction of industries.

5. Construction of schools and hospital.

6. Construction of stadia.

7. Construction of airport and seaport.

Roles Of Non-Govermental Organizations In Agricultural Development

Non-governmental organizations play important roles in increasing agricultural production through research.

They go into research and come up with new discoveries which will be an improvement on whatever has been on ground, such discoveries include: new farming ideas, new varieties of crops, new breeds of animals, new ways of prevention and control of pests and disease of crops and animals.

Some of them major on single crop (a particular crop) while others research on two or three crops.

Some equally major on livestock.

Some of the organizations and their aims are as follow:-

1.   West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA): It was established in 1971 with the headquarters in cote d voire. Its aim is to increase rice production.

2.   International Institution For Tropical Agriculture (IITA): It was established in 1967 with the headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria and other sub-station in West Africa sub-region.

The objective is to research on crops such as rice, maize, cassava, cocoyam, cowpea, sweet potato and soyabeans.

3.   International Livestock Centre for Africa  (ILCA):  It was established in 1967 with headquarters at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

The aims to improve livestock production system in African region.

4.   International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD):  The headquarter is in Rome, Italy.

Its aim is to improve and increase food production and the living standard of people in rural area.

5.   International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics:  it is established in 1972 with headquarters in Hyderabad, India.

Some roles to be played by the government are listed Here

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1. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL.  Replace The Website https://idearules.blogspot.com/ with the URL for your own website.

Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures.

This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day, so clicking it compound times won’t help.

There is no official proof that redirects positively profit your Alexa Rank, But I have seen it used to generate Alexa Backlink which is beneficial, Anyways simply use link carefully.

    2. Post in Social networking websites and forums.

Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans,judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500 This is suggested to be tried only if you have the time and understand how to do so.

  
  3.Generate a webmaster tools section on your website.

  This is an attraction for webmasters who will often revisit your website to put on access to the tools.


 4. Use Mix, Pinterest or Slideshare

This generally fetches massive numbers of visitors to your website and the steep amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank.

Logically, you’ll need to develop link worthy articles.
   
   5. Use Pay-per-Click Operations.

 Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google Ads, Yahoo ads or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic.

  it's Double beneficial when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.

  6.  Try Alexa auto-surfs. They would work very well for brand new sites that have a very poor Alexa rank.

Note that there may be problems or you can get Banned when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense, as it is against the TOS.

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  7 . Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa.

This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.

   8. Optimize your popular posts.

Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines?

Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs (Use redirection with Caution).
   
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A prominent and well displayed Banner ads in Forums or chat rooms will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which will significantly boost your ranking.

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Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis.

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7 Low Cost Agribusiness Ideas That Sell In Nigeria

Some Previously listed Ideas can be read here. 

1. Grass cutter Farming
Grass cutter is the second largest rodent in Nigeria and it is endemic to Africa. It breeds successfully in captivity and is capable of reproducing twice a year with litter size varying from two to six.

They are primarily vegetarian and can be raised to maturity entirely on fresh grasses. They prefer plants with high moisture content and soluble carbohydrate. Field studies reveal that they do not burrow so they may be caged or reared in a fenced pen on the ground.

Grass cutter is worth considering for use in husbandry in the humid forest where poor grazing and harsh environment limits the performance of conventional livestock.
 

 Ranching of grass cutter as a backyard mini livestock would therefore improve the lot of the peasant farmers, provide an alternative source of animal protein, create job opportunities for urban dwellers.

 

2. Buy Charcoal from the rural areas and resell in the cities
Do you know that you can make 100% profit if you buy your charcoal from the farm or production site and sell to the retailers; a bag of charcoal (32 to 35kg bag) is being sold for N50 to N650 from the farm, while the retailers sell to the final consumer at N1500 to N2,000 per bag. 

 

All you need to do is to buy the charcoal from the farmers and bring it down to the major cities like Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt and resell to the retailers.

But it is advisable to find out if they have an association in your vicinity, joining the association will allow you to operate with peace of mind. 

 

Alternatively you can sell to exporters as a large market exists in EU, USA and ASIA with prices ranging from $170 to $300 per ton (FOB Nigerian Port), depending on mode of packaging. The charcoal industry is a multi-million dollar industry and a money spinner for interested investors.

3. Snail Farming
Snail meat has been severally affirmed as a most safe and nutritious delicacy.
In these days of increased coronary implications and other health implications, snail producers are certain to hit it big because many people are shunning away from beef or red meat. 

 

It is also pleasing to note that snail production venture could be kick-started with a little initial capital. The best period to commence snail farming is the rainy season, you can start about 50 to 60 snails to have a good knowledge of how snail breeding works.

Make sure you go for a fully matured and big nails as they are sold in bunches of 20 pieces and the prices ranges from N1,800 and N3,000 per bunch. It is better to buy the big ones so that you can expect them to hatch after about 35 days on location. About N10,000 should get a new entrant started in the business

4. Coconut Juice Production
From fresh chunks of meat to milk, creams, and powders, the flavor of coconut is a distinctive addition to hundreds of sweet and savory recipes. If properly packaged roasted and sliced to pieces with sugar, you can sell for between N20 to N100 depending on the quantity and the level of packaging. 

 

You can make good money buy selling in wholesale to retail outlets and supermarket, but make sure your product is well branded, with your company’s name and contact.
With a good marketing plan, you are sure to make a lot of money with this business.

5. Production of Herbicides,Weed Killer Or Weed Crusher
Another major problem confronting every farmer in Africa, especially in Nigeria, is the problem of getting rid all the unwanted crops (weeds) from the farm, which successfully compete with crops and exhaust the soil nutrients. 

 

The cost of weeding takes between 50 –60% of the total cost of farming but the good new here is that, there is a formulation of chemicals which is crop and environment friendly. Herbicides market is a virgin in Nigeria- meaning that if an investor produces 20-30 tonnes daily, he will still sell all. No single investor can meet the herbicide demand in Northern Nigeria alone, not to talk of other zones.

6. Bee Keeping and Honey Production
Honey is manufactured in one of the world’s most efficient factories, the Beehive. Bees may travel as far as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey. 

 

A litre of pure honey now goes for between N1000 to N2000. You can sell your Honey to high net-worth individual, busy executives who prefer to take pure honey than sugar, I know some honey dealers who are ready to give out their honey at a ridiculously low prices, all you need to do is to package it for the local or international market.

7. Roasted and Toasted Plantain (Dodo and Boli) And Plantain Chips Production
Only few Nigerian have realized the money-spinning prowess of this delicious delicacy, and if properly packaged, with a good marketing strategy put in place, you are sure to make a lot of money.
It is popular among the working class as a quick mid-day meal.

For Plantain Chips, After removing skin, unripe fruit can be sliced (1 or 2 mm thick) and fried in boiling oil, to produce chips. Plantain Chips’ if they are made of green plantains that taste starchy like potato chips. Just make sure you put your label, the more you produce, the more money you make, because majority of Nigerians love plantain chips.

Read more Agribusiness ideas here.