18/01/2023
*Agriculture businesses and opportunities in Nigeria*
_How To Start Lucrative Pineapple Farming In Commercial Scale
Pineapple Farming in Nigeria_
Pineapple farming in Nigeria is another sure money maker. Thousands of fruit juices are made with pineapple and the makers of fruit juice are always on the look out for pineapple farm where they could buy their raw material. Go to mile 12 market or any market near you or even the fruit sellers near you and try to price pineapple. Then you will realize that pineapple is edible gold.
One head of pineapple is sold for N500 in the local market while the same head of pineapple goes for N600+ in the fruit shops. For wholesale farmers, they sell for N300 – N400. Lets assume you harvested 20,000 pineapple and decided to sell for just N300 for wholesale, you will make a whooping N6 million. Takeaway N2 million as cost of production, labour, and transportation, you will have N4 million as pure profit. And once they starts producing, they can fruit for the next 10 years if well maintained.
Now you see what I am talking about? If you are thinking of a profitable farming business to start in the country, then think no more, pineapple is the current money spinner. This sweet fruit also known as “ANANAS COSMOSUS” is as sweet as the profit it can generate.
Pineapple has a worldwide appeal and is known for its nutritional and health values all over the world. How the fruit got to Nigeria may not really be our main concern in this article but the business aspects of planting and how lucrative it is. Nigerian soil and weather are extremely good for pineapple farming too.
Now that you know the profit that awaits you in pineapple farming, let us go straight into the processes needed in pineapple farming and how it could be done profitably and professionally for maximal benefit.
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