Which Source of Water is Better for Agricultural Purpose in Nigeria

Water, as simple as it is could ruin most people’s dream of making it big in Agriculture. Without talking much, I will highlight various sources of water you can depend on for your Agricultural business. Agriculture, I hope you know this doesn’t limit to crop farming, fishery, animal husbandry, poultry. The success of any one you are venturing into depends on your accessibility to potable water. This is where selection of land comes in. You can’t possibly want to venture into fishery and select a site around Ojodu, Arepo, Isheri north in Ogun state. Water from this areas, be it borehole or well are highly contaminated and you might have to budget some million naira for reverse osmosis. Without talking much, here are some possibly source of water you could rely on for your Agric business.

Rainfall– Depending on what you intend to do, this source could be readily available for you at no cost. The set back depending on this source is that your business will have to be seasonal and you might be limited in your operation and diversification.

Stream/River-This source too could be readily available to you at no extra cost depending on your farm location. But be ready to save some money for mud pump/surface pump. This source too could be seasonal thereby dictating your production. In this era of global warming, you should know its availability can’t be predictable.

Well– This source is very economical, it’s advisable in a plan where funding needs to be constraint. It is not easily affected by season depending on local settings though this is unpredictable in a situation where we have global warming. It is sometimes affected by the environment thereby making it easily contaminated. Serious water analysis needs to be done to ensure its ok for use.

Borehole– Though expensive, the benefits of having a borehole or more on your farm is immeasurable. You won’t have to worry about quality depending on area though. Your farm workers will have potable water available anytime, thereby aiding there output. Your operation will not have to depend on season. You definitely know the rest.

My advice for farmer is to always try to have at least a borehole on their farm. You can learn more about drilling a borehole Here Contact me for any question/advise you have on borehole drilling. 07013460941 Cheers

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Why it is very important to Check the Groundwater Potential before paying for that Farm Land

My simple advise to prospecting farmers is to always endeavor to check for the ground potential of the land you are planning to buy for your farming business.

You can imagine buying an acre of land at the rate between 200k -300k only getting to know later that drilling for a single borehole could cost you close to #2m. whereas in some areas, you can actually get your borehole drilled at around 150k, some 400k.

The variation is not predictable so try to do your underground work first on the ground water potential.

You can’t judge the groundwater potential by the availability of stream or top soil. A short way of knowing the potential is to ask for a well. You can measure the static water level of the well and from there induce how the potential of that area will be.

You can imagine a place where the water table is 40m in a well. digging a well up to this depth is going to churn lot of money talk less of drilling a borehole.

To be on a safer side, always engage the service of a geophysicist to conduct a geophysical investigation for you on the land. the investigation ranges from about 30k to 50k or more depending on location.

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