Farming is not simply a business; it demands patience, resilience, discipline, learning, and genuine commitment. Chasing profit alone can quickly expose weaknesses and disappoint expectations. Passion sustains lasting success forward.

Many people enter farming because they see successful farmers displaying impressive lifestyles, forgetting that behind those achievements are years of sacrifice, reinvestment, mistakes, and persistence. Success requires consistency every day.

If your only motivation is quick money, farming may frustrate you because markets fluctuate, production costs rise, diseases occur, and unexpected challenges can destroy carefully prepared plans. Patience matters greatly.

However, passionate farmers learn from setbacks, adapt to changing conditions, improve their skills, manage resources wisely, and keep building even when immediate returns seem disappointing. Persistence creates real opportunities everywhere.

So, if you choose farming, come prepared to work, learn, sacrifice, and enjoy the journey. Please do not call me Yahoo Farmer; I am a legitimate, ambitious, and purposeful hustler.

Best regards,

Abdullah Opeyemi Akande
B.Agric. (FUNAAB)
GAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Animal Sci. (UI)
RAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Int’l Business (UU, UK)
Ph.D. in view