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Welcome, how are you doing friend? I hope you are doing just fine. Today, we will be discussing on a very broad topic, although it is only an introduction, later we will dwell more on the details of this topic. As much as I can, I will try to make this write up as simple and basic as possible, so that those of you who are not in the agricultural line can easily grasp the information am trying to pass across.   Agriculture was defined as the rearing of animals and the cultivation of crops for human consumption. That was the basic definition of Agriculture, today with the advancements in technology, that definition might not be accepted in many places, because it is not detailed and encompassing enough. If am to redefine Agriculture, I will define it as ‘ ’the scientific application of modern techniques in the improvement and production of both plants and animals for human consumption and industrial uses ’’. I intentionally added the term ‘’ INDUSTRIAL USES ’’ because today, ...

                                                MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE Marketing is the art of making customers aware of a product and making them buy the product, this is a paraphrased definition of marketing by the International Strategic Management Institute (ISMI) of which am a proud member. Let me start by saying no enterprise can survive without a steady market for it products, no matter how good the products are, the enterprise will fold up if the market is not there. I usually recommend farm enterprises to have available market before they start production. If this is done, it will save the farmer a lot of headaches also prevent exploitation. Exploitation normally set in when farmers are desperate to dispose-off their goods to avo...

Today, we will be explaining how you can make money from venturing into Agriculture, actually there are many ways to make money in Agriculture , in this write-up, we will be sampling them one after the other. Before we go into that, we want to talk about those things you must put in place before starting up an Agricultural enterprise. They include: - You must have the necessary knowledge : In every venture in life, having the necessary knowledge and skills is a most. Agro business is not an exception, whatever aspect of Agriculture you want to explore, you must have the basic knowledge. You can have the knowledge yourself or employ experts who can help you out. The choice is yours. - Location : If you are going into production, you need to settle the issue of your farm location, where will it be? How accessible is the location? How close is it to your prospective market? etc. you need to have that settled. - The Market: There is no business that will thrive without a stea...