Dear Barrister,
I have always lauded a return to large scale agriculture, which empowers Africa's most abundant capital of production after unskilled labour. Geometric population in Nigeria (predicted to grow to 750 million by 2100) ensures that investment in food production in Nigeria and Cameroon will always be a winner.
I had contemplated settling in Kenya in 1983 after the USA refused my application for permanent residence and continuous employment in a DC Corporate law firm. My wife and I contemplated cattle-rearing in Kenya's settled agricultural sector made famous by the late settler, Karen Blixen (Out of Africa - Book and Film). The attempted coup d'etat against Arap Moi in 1982 changed our plans. I have also contemplated cassava and garri production in Mamfe. I abandoned the later plans when my children did not show interest in continuing such activity after my dwindling days on earth. Large-scale farming is a multi-generational activity especially in Africa where land ownership is precarious and the climate can be hostile to absentee farmers. Any farming family must be continuously hands-on for many generations like the Muketes of Kumba who are now three generations into farming - since 1901.
Mukefor
Gubernatorial Aspirant
South West & North West Provinces.
Platform issue: Agro-industrial development.
I have always lauded a return to large scale agriculture, which empowers Africa's most abundant capital of production after unskilled labour. Geometric population in Nigeria (predicted to grow to 750 million by 2100) ensures that investment in food production in Nigeria and Cameroon will always be a winner.
I had contemplated settling in Kenya in 1983 after the USA refused my application for permanent residence and continuous employment in a DC Corporate law firm. My wife and I contemplated cattle-rearing in Kenya's settled agricultural sector made famous by the late settler, Karen Blixen (Out of Africa - Book and Film). The attempted coup d'etat against Arap Moi in 1982 changed our plans. I have also contemplated cassava and garri production in Mamfe. I abandoned the later plans when my children did not show interest in continuing such activity after my dwindling days on earth. Large-scale farming is a multi-generational activity especially in Africa where land ownership is precarious and the climate can be hostile to absentee farmers. Any farming family must be continuously hands-on for many generations like the Muketes of Kumba who are now three generations into farming - since 1901.
Mukefor
Gubernatorial Aspirant
South West & North West Provinces.
Platform issue: Agro-industrial development.
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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:48:29 +0000
Subject: [cameroon_politics] @Gov Tambe: Dangote Farms begins hybrid tomatoes production in Kano
Dangote Farms have started a pilot hybrid tomatoes production in Kano to meet the demand of it's tomatoes processing plants in the state, its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulhamid Kaita, disclosed on Friday.
Kaita told newsmen at the end of a two-day stakeholders' forum on tomatoes value chain in Kano that the company had also introduced the hybrid seedlings to farmers.
He said the farmers, however, insisted that the seedlings be tried by the company's farm before they could patronise it.
He noted that the company had begun a pilot project at Kadawa area of the state during this year's rainy season and was about to begin the second phase of the project in the dry farming season.
"The yield produced before is about 10 tones per hectare, while the hybrid seedling varieties introduced will produce 80 to 100 tones per hectare using the best practices," Kaita said.
He said the meeting was aimed at mobilising the farmers to rub minds to save the company from shortage of raw materials.
He added that the company had engaged farmers in the past two years and provided them with best practices in tomatoes production and processing.
Kaita said the company had orgnised the farmers into groups to enable them benefit from the company.
Contributing, one of the stakeholders, Mr Richard Ogundele, commended Dangote Farms for the initiative.
He expressed optimism that Dangote Farms would reap the benefit of the forum as many problems were brought for discussion.
The Dangote Farms collaborated with the World Bank to conduct the meeting on tomatoes.
The meeting, held between Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, had several stakeholders such as Federal and State Ministries of Agriculture, development partners and insurance companies in attendance.
(NAN)
Posted by: Martin Tumasang <tumasangm@hotmail.com>
From: cameroon_politics@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:48:29 +0000
Subject: [cameroon_politics] @Gov Tambe: Dangote Farms begins hybrid tomatoes production in Kano
Dangote Farms begins hybrid tomatoes production in Kano
Dangote Farms have started a pilot hybrid tomatoes production in Kano to meet the demand of it's tomatoes processing plants in the state, its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulhamid Kaita, disclosed on Friday.
Kaita told newsmen at the end of a two-day stakeholders' forum on tomatoes value chain in Kano that the company had also introduced the hybrid seedlings to farmers.
He said the farmers, however, insisted that the seedlings be tried by the company's farm before they could patronise it.
He noted that the company had begun a pilot project at Kadawa area of the state during this year's rainy season and was about to begin the second phase of the project in the dry farming season.
"The yield produced before is about 10 tones per hectare, while the hybrid seedling varieties introduced will produce 80 to 100 tones per hectare using the best practices," Kaita said.
He said the meeting was aimed at mobilising the farmers to rub minds to save the company from shortage of raw materials.
He added that the company had engaged farmers in the past two years and provided them with best practices in tomatoes production and processing.
Kaita said the company had orgnised the farmers into groups to enable them benefit from the company.
Contributing, one of the stakeholders, Mr Richard Ogundele, commended Dangote Farms for the initiative.
He expressed optimism that Dangote Farms would reap the benefit of the forum as many problems were brought for discussion.
The Dangote Farms collaborated with the World Bank to conduct the meeting on tomatoes.
The meeting, held between Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, had several stakeholders such as Federal and State Ministries of Agriculture, development partners and insurance companies in attendance.
(NAN)
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