Harmattan
Clear, plough and ridge. Compost from the poultry houses goes out onto the maize blocks.
How we work
Planted to a calendar, not to luck
Every block has a plan that starts in December: soil test, lime if needed, ridges or flat beds, and a planting window tied to the first reliable rains. Our field officers log rainfall daily on every site, and the planting crews move when the soil has held water for three days in a row.
- Soil tested on every block every two years
- Improved, certified maize seed and disease free cassava stems
- Weeding done by hand and with light machines, never by blanket spraying
- Yields logged per block and shared with outgrowers
Through the year
Crops in four seasons
First rains
Early maize sown, then cassava stems on ridges as soon as the soil holds water.
Long rains
Rice transplanted into the paddies. Weeding and the second fertiliser round on maize.
Harvest
Rice cut and threshed, second maize harvested, cassava lifted for the mill.
The process
Step by step
Prepare
Soil test, lime and compost, then ridges for cassava and flat beds for maize.
Plant
Maize at 75 by 25 cm, cassava stems at one metre, rice seedlings at 20 cm spacing.
Tend
Two weeding rounds, fertiliser split in two, and scouting for fall armyworm every week.
Harvest
Maize dried to 13 percent moisture, rice threshed the same day, cassava to the mill within 24 hours.
Output
What this division supplies
| Crop | Area | Planting | Yield range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | 1,050 ha | March and August | 3.4 to 5.2 t/ha |
| Cassava | 620 ha | April to June | 18 to 25 t/ha |
| Rice | 170 ha | June | 3.2 to 4.8 t/ha |
Example rates for this demo.
1,840
hectares
48,000
tonnes harvested a year
2
maize seasons
31
field officers
From the estate
Photos
Next step
Put it to work
Every division runs on the same calendar and the same account. Order, book or plan in a few taps, and see it all in your Agrovia account.
AI phone line
Call our AI line, answered day and night in Nigerian English
It takes orders, checks stock and delivery days, books farm tours and passes anything tricky to a person on the team in the morning.
+234 800 000 0132
Example number for this demo.
Questions
About crops
Do you sell seed or stems?
Yes, to outgrowers first and to other farmers when we have surplus. Cassava stems are sold in bundles of 50 from April.
Is your maize genetically modified?
No. We plant improved open pollinated and hybrid varieties approved for Nigeria, none of them genetically modified.
Can you farm my land for me?
We run a small contract farming service for landowners within 30 km of the estate. Ask the sales team.
How do you handle fall armyworm?
Weekly scouting, early hand removal, and a targeted approved treatment only when a block passes a set threshold.
Keep exploring
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Poultry
84,000 laying hens and 30,000 broilers in open-sided houses on the estate, with our own hatchery supplying.
Read moreAquaculture
Twenty-two earthen and concrete ponds, a hatchery and a smokehouse. We sell catfish live, fresh on ice or.
Read moreProcessing
A garri and flour mill, a rice parboiling line and a palm oil press. Cassava goes from the ground to the.
Read moreBuy from crops
Order online with Receivly, or talk to sales about volume and standing orders.