Dry season farming in northern nigeria

The report goes on to say that in californias central valley often referred to as americas fruit and vegetable basket 410,000 acres may. Early planting during the dry season helps to lower weed growth and by the time the weeds begins to sprout the wheat is already matured enough to. Conduct field visits to verify activities done in the field partnership with northern state governments as regards dry season farming and pasture establishment. Also, alhaji muazu auwa,50, with 30 years experience in onion farming, stated that he invested n650,000 in the rainy season farming but lost about n300,000 due to the zazzalau attack. Everything from rolling hills, to plateaus, to mountains, to river valleys, to flat farming land can be found in the country of nigeria. Farmers in northern nigeria are switching over to groundnut production in the hottest months of the year. The sahara is mainly rainforest whereas nigeria doesnt contain many. Maize farming in nigeria is practiced in all the geopolitical zones of the country. The climate in the northern part of the country is different from the climate in southern nigeria. The organization has distributed a total of 247 tonnes of crop seeds maize and rice and 429 tonnes of nutritious vegetable seeds amaranth, cabbage, carrot, okra, onion and tomato to 78 000 households. It can also be baked, boiled or eaten with stew or fried eggs. The literature reveals that the length of the growing season can be determined in a variety of ways.

This is because a farmer has to calculate the input costs and. The traditional dry season farming in northern nigeria was practiced in the valley of the komadougou yobe along the border with niger and on the swampy area of lake chad and was dominated by simple lift systems shadufs replaced by pumps in the 1970s. Faos dry season programme is building household resilience in. Also, rainfall distribution in nigeria differs from the south to the north. Generally, watermelon can be planted all year round in the north as long as their adequate water supply through irrigation. Chad, one of nigerias most important water sources, is much smaller than it once was. Faos 201819 dry season programme aims to boost income generation, and enhance food security and nutrition among crisisaffected households across northeastern nigeria. Floodrecession cultivation was possible in the lake chad region, although it has never. Udo 1981 asserts that major areas of irrigation farming in nigeria include lake chad, yobe river, kanji dam, sokoto river basin. The rains provided a good crop of sorghum and maize this season, maybe enough to get through the dry season. Thus, the rainless season begins in the north, moves slightly to the east and then rolls down south. The planting season coincides with the beginning of harmattan. Poor soils, low rainfall especially in the dry season, and fulani slave raids in the 19th century have made borgu one of nigerias leastpopulated regions.

Assessing the sustainability of vegetable production practices in northern ghana. However, while many inland destinations remain dry yearround due to their proximity to the sahara desert, coastal areas see the most rain in winter. Drought worsens deadly battle between fulani herdsmen and. Soybean seeds also contain about 20% oil on a dry matter basis, and this is 85% unsaturated and cholesterolfree. Some people, notably thornthwaite 1948, thornthwaite and mather 1955, cocheme and fraquin 1967 and benoit 1977, have employed a rainfallevapotranspiration relation model to determine the onset and cessation of the growing season. It is an important aspect of agriculture and is probably the most practiced area of agriculture. When the well runs dry, try dry farming modern farmer. Fao flags off dry season farming in north east the guardian nigeria. Ghost tomato factory showcase for nigerias farming problems.

Nomads and farmers in fight for nigerias heartland reuters. But if the state government encourages the 25 local government areas to provide land for rice cultivation, delta will produce more rice. It is believed that soybean production will increase as more farmers become aware of. Also, dry season farmers can contribute significantly to the countrys gdp through food exportation. Countries like morocco, egypt, tunisia and algeria have an arid desert climate and as such, dont have a specific rainy season. After losing millions years past, nigeria tomato farmers. In advanced countries and the northern parts of nigeria, farmers close to water farm all year round. The raining season in nigeria does not start in the same months in different parts of nigeria. Food and agriculture organisation fao has flagged off the 2019 dry season farming to support 35000 smallscale farming households in the.

However, within nigeria as a whole rice is not a traditional cropfood. Work closely with government, multilateral organizations and local partners staff at the field level to identify product users for all season farming. Farmers guide to soybean production in northern nigeria. Apart from farming during the rainy season, dry season farming is done along river banks and along. After the rainy season comes the dry season which is accompanied by a dustladen airmass from the sahara desert, locally known as harmattan season in nigeria. Rainy season in nigeria is planting season and with the dry season comes the harvest. Yes, dangote rice is coming to dominate the market. All the northern states and many southern states benefited. By now you must have been aware that the richest man in nigeria is into rice farming. Ogun state begins dry season harvest in youth rice. So, engaging in dry season farming here is just trial. Strengthening resilience of rural women through dry season. From a scientific point of view, the dry season is a result of northeast winds overtaking the northern part of nigeria, and sometimes covering the entire territory of the country.

In this post, we will tell you about the months of the rainy season in nigeria. We targeted 500,000 farmers and we were able to reach 458,498 farmers in 30 states. Profitability of vegetable farming under rainy and dryseason. If government helps to clear such wetland in ndokwa area and some other parts of the state, it will support dry season farming and boost rice. In nigeria, some farmers who locally construct their greenhouses cover it with transparent or white polyethylene while wrapping the sides with nets, others use only nets for dry season while. Residents of the country would describe the weather conditions in nigeria as violent and apologetic.

Thus, this dry season rice farming was designed to work in tandem with the natural in the ecological areas such as topography, nearness to water bodies for irrigation and so on. Like most nigerian rice farmers, this mother and rice farmer of seven years thought that tending her paddies in the dry season, under the rainless harmattan a dry, dusty air. However, access to this technology is uneven, and there are. Planting begins in northern nigeria in may for the early season or july for the late season. Groundnut is a good source of cheap protein both to animals and human beings. Rainfall occurs only seasonally and there is a pronounced dry season however, rainfall is often intensive when it does come, making it necessary for farmers. The purpose of this paper is to compare several proposed methods for the determination of the onset of the growing season in northern nigeria, with the aim of. However, the probability of dry spells during the early rainy season apriljune in northern nigeria is considerably greater than in julyaugust. From april to september, the rain belt lies in the northern hemisphere, and the southern tropics have their dry season.

However, the production of rice can be increased by several million of tonnes through dry. Faos 201819 dry season programme aims to boost income. Potato is the 4 th most popular food crop in the world and it has a variety of uses. The planting season is usually in novemberdecember and it takes about 3 to 4 months for the plant to mature and be ready for harvest. The onset of the rains and the start of the growing season have been taken here as. From the north to the south, east to the west of nigeria, there are abundant varieties of agricultural products and resources that are found to grow and suitable for cultivation in the soils in the regions and states. Causes, effects and mitigation 173 of trees due to drought. Katsina state is bounded in the east by kano and jigawa states, in the west by zamfara state, in the south by kaduna state and in the north by the niger republic. However low temperatures during the early part of the season november to january implies most tropical crops will not perform well during this period. Periods of rainfall in the early rainy season are frequently followed by dry spells which may last a week or longer. Agricultural sustainability in northern nigeria requires flexibility in both ecological management as well as economic activity. Most nigerians live on farms, but today many, like the extended usman family, can barely provide for themselves. Must farming only start and end in the wet season planning for irrigation precedes farmland acquisition but here the reverse is the case. Over 80% of the residents in her region and in northern ghana as a whole, depends on rainfed agriculture for their food, income and livelihoods.

Nigeria is a nation abundantly blessed with agricultural resources and vast agricultural products. For instance, rice is a crop that is cultivated in the country yet a major portion of the rice consumed in the country is imported from china and taiwan. The dry season favours the local varieties because the nights are cooler as a result of lower mist in the air whereas growing the fruit in the wet season becomes difficult because heat is trapped. Groundnut farming in nigeria is one of the most lucrative businesses in the country because of the demand for its highly nutritious seed and most importantly the edible oil derived from the seed. Onions are in high demand in nigeria and the price soars during dry season. One major advantage of dry season farming is that it helps to reduce the countrys reliance on importation as a way of ensuring food security.

There was no difference between the dry season and the rainy season, he said. I have repeatedly charged my farm associates to sow. Era of crude oil is gone, nigeria must face the reality. How to successfuly start onion farming in southern nigeria. The main crops grown in the region are millet, sorghum, and cowpea, while groundnut and sesame are significant minor crops. Dorcas abimbola omole semi autotrophic and hydroponics. If the coming dry season in nigeria follows the pattern of previous years, violence will soon erupt between herders in search of water for their cattle and farmers determined to. Agricultural sustainability in northern nigeria wikipedia. Groundnut can be processed in various ways depending on the product one wants to derive from it. This probably led to the practice of crop production. Tearfund, an ngo working in nigeria, has been helping internally displaced people in adamawa, supplying farming tools and providing training on.

In northern nigeria, the dry season extends from november to may. The sahara has a tropical wet climate whereas nigeria is mostly desert. One can make a lot of money growing onions commercially. Dry season farming kebbi state has over 600,000 hectares of fadama land that stretches across 14 local government areas of the state. Landscape of scattered trees and savannah near zaria, nigeria. Grasses and thorn trees covered these plains before people cleared the land in order to start farming. Nigerian farmers beat high temperatures with dryseason. Maize farming is inarguably the most popular type of crop cultivation or farming in nigeria. The jos plateau rises above them and is cooler and wetter. The choice of onion variety matters a lot when it comes to commercial farming agribusiness. However, the best way to prepare potatoes in order to enjoy its nutritional benefits is by baking. Rainfall occurs only seasonally and there is a pronounced dry season however, rainfall is often intensive when it does come, making it necessary for farmers to employ soil moisture conservation techniques.

The sahara is densely populated whereas very few people live in nigeria. Nigerian farmers beat high temperatures with dryseason groundnut. Nigeria can similarly mobilize its population of twice that number to plant billions of cash crops through the planting season. Go to any town, village or city in nigeria, you are likely to see a lot of maize farmers. A lot of fish farmers, mostly in the northern part of nigeria face serious challenges in regards to fish growth du. Why shortage of tomato persists in rainy season daily trust. To fully exploit their lands during the dry season, vegetable farmers. The start of the growing season in northern nigeria may be defined as the date when accumulated rainfall exceeds and remains greater than one half of potential evapotranspiration for the remainder of the growing season, provided that no dry spell longer than five days occurs immediately after this date.

At a stateoftheart plant in northern nigeria, shiny machines stand next to a conveyor belt ready to crush tomatoes to satisfy the countrys insatiable demand for tomato paste. Borgus area of plains and wooded savanna is drained by several small streams that flow eastward to the niger river, the areas eastern boundary. Niae advocates proper dry season farming to boost nigerias economy. We are very very happy, says rose azumah, a dry season gardener at walembelle in the upper west region of ghana like many people in rural communities in ghana, roses main economic activity is farming. A land of little water much of northern nigeria consists of high, flat plains. Cultivation usually commences during the rainy season to take advantage of the relatively low humidity associated with rainy season. Introduction to crop production agriculture nigeria. Kajuru is a local government area in kaduna state, nigeria. The start of the growing season in northern nigeria. Photo from africa focus database, university of wisconsin farmlands during dry season in zaria city, nigeria. Crop production is the process of farming or producing crops.

Maize farming is n10 million profit possible in nigeria. But even as the ladies sing to celebrate a good crop, ramatu usman and aisha yusuf say each new year brings new uncertainty. Constraints, opportunities and strategic choices rice production systems in nigeria. The rapid growth in the poultry sector in the past five years has also increased demand for soybean meal in nigeria. In the 20192020 dry season, the farmers, aided by a n723, 488. From augie to argungu, birnin kebbi, kalgo, bunza, dandi, suru, bagudo, shanga, ngaski, zuru and other areas until it reaches its border with kwara state. Located in northern nigeria, katsina state occupies 24,192 square kilometres. This new technology has allowed substantial increases in dryseason agricultural production. It was carved out of chikun local government area in march 1997 by the military administration of gen.

Challenges and information needs assessment of dry season. North africa is part of the northern hemisphere and its seasons follow the same pattern as europe or north america. Maimuna abdullahi was accustomed to cultivating rice only during the wet season, when frequent rains and low temperatures create an ideal climate for the crop. Artifacts archaeologists studying early humans are.