Why Isn't Anyone Farming Spring Onions?
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A user initiates a thread asking why Nigerian farmers avoid planting spring onions, questioning demand and profitability. Another farmer responds that demand is low (mostly for expatriates) and mentions local consumption habits in Kano, while the original poster later reveals they could not secure land to start the project.
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“The demand for spring onion is very low as they are mostly consumed by expatriates”
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“some people especially in Kano here can dry the onion stalks or use it as the stalks as anyone can to spring onion”
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“Oops couldn't get a land around my area...”
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