Agriculture- Delving into nature's free gift

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July 18, 2016 11:38 AM

This is a blog post byOthuke Ufeli... Agriculture is life. It holds our daily activities. Of all sectors of our economy, only agriculture holds the rest.

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Without eating, no politician will stand fully on his/her feet to deliver promises, neither will doctors, a lawyers, pharmacists or musicians be able to carry out their daily activities successfully. Even I wouldn’t be able to elaborate on this thought.

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I am happy that Nigeria, being one of the most prosperous countries on the globe, has everything required for a successful agricultural venture. There is land, abundance of it, really, and virtually everything can be grown on the land as well as raise livestock.

Over the years, the call to practice agriculture, either for sustenance or in large scale has not gotten the expected response, despite the unending situation of unemployment and the advantageous and mouth-watering offers agriculture holds. One factor that results in low participation in agriculture is because it has been tagged as 'the poor man’s job' or 'the last resort for the unemployed'.

Agriculture holds vast opportunities either in crop production, animal production or Agricultural services. There are opportunities in cassava production, maize, melon, vegetable, plantain, plantation crops, rice, pepper, tomato production. There are also opportunities in cattle rearing, goat production, poultry, snail-farming etc.

It is advisable that all unemployed youths should try their hands at agriculture. You don’t need millions to start, all you need is an idea and little money. You can start from your backyard with limited resources and grow into a global venture.

Some politicians are already taking advantage of this lucrative business, what are you waiting for? Unemployment is a disease; we must tackle it with agriculture, starting now.

Othuke Ufeli is a passionate writer, poet and song writer that shares his thought on day-to-day issues; cutting across Politics, Agriculture, Human resources management and utility. He is a football fanatic, loves to travel and loves discovering people’s potential and helping them. He can be reached through othukeufeli@gmail.com or +2348165294623 (whatsapp and call)

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