I buy my seeds from the National Seeds Council and there are lots of research institutes in Kano like ICRISAT, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, and Africa Rice; that’s where I get my seeds from.I chose these few because the market is there already. I am from the northern part of Nigeria and we mostly use rice; well rice is a national crop, but maybe guinea corn and millet is specific to the northern part of Nigeria, so we have to do something for economic reasons.
PT: Some states like Kebbi and Jigawa for example had flooding that cost farmers lots of their outputs. Were you affected by floods?No, I wasn’t affected by the flood but by insects and water and then we end up using much more than the amount of herbicides and insecticides we use to protect the crops.
PT: So you mentioned earlier that out of the 73 hectares you were only able to cultivate 11 hectares. Why?Because it’s not easy to farm. It costs a lot of money from the seedlings, fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, the labours; so it’s a lot of money.Well, luckily for me I have built a warehouse and I have these pallets.