I earn N7m annually from growing tomato, pepper—Gombe farmer

Mr Saleh Maikudi, a 35-year-old husbandman from Bula assemblage successful Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, says helium earns implicit N7 cardinal annually from increasing herb and pepper.

Maikudi, successful an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) connected Monday successful Bula community, said helium became a millionaire from increasing the vegetables

He said that investing successful herb and capsicum farming yielded bully returns.

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Maikudi said helium spent implicit N1.5 cardinal connected 30 hectares of farmland which helium cultivated successful 2023.

“In 2023, I made N7 cardinal from cultivating herb and pepper.

“I lone spent N1.5 cardinal arsenic the full outgo of preparing and planting the vegetables.

“I cultivated tomato, doorbell capsicum (Tatashe), chili pepper, Cayenne capsicum (shombo) and Scotch bonnet (hot pepper) connected my farmland.”

Maikudi, who is besides the president of Vegetables Farmers’ Association successful the community, said helium cultivated 30 hectares of the vegetables annually.

He said that it took 10 weeks aft cultivating the vegetables to commencement harvesting the commodities for different play of 10 weeks.

The husbandman said that successful the contiguous bedewed season, farmers had started harvesting and off-takers had been coming to their assemblage to bargain the commodities for proviso to assorted states of the country.

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He said that the year’s rainfall, which helium described arsenic moderate, was bully capable for his vegetables to turn and that his herb and capsicum did well.

“If the marketplace is bully this year, I americium expecting thing little than N10 cardinal due to the fact that my vegetables truly did well.’’

Maikudi advised the authorities to physique a modern marketplace successful the community.

According to him, the installation volition assistance standardize the selling of the vegetables and different cultivation nutrient arsenic good arsenic providing farmers with the level to centralize the selling of the commodity.

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“Also, the authorities tin found mini processing factories to assistance farmers chopped post-harvest losses, boost nutrient information and supply much jobs for youths successful the state,” helium said.