Which crop can one grow commercially as a main source of livelihood?

[King Belieal]

Farming provides food and those that practice commercially do it as a business for profits. However, crops always have a gestation period before they start producing for the farmer to earn income.

Are the crops that produces very fast and regularly that the farmer can use as a main source of income to pay personal bills and family bills?

 

[Min George]

I think if you can batch out vegetables like cucumber and pepper, you would have a regular production cycle that can give you consistent income.

 

[aninditasen]

Farming provides food and those that practice commercially do it as a business for profits. However, crops always have a gestation period before they start producing for the farmer to earn income.

Are the crops that produces very fast and regularly that the farmer can use as a main source of income to pay personal bills and family bills?

All crops have a particular time to bear fruits. In my state the main crops that are cultivated commercially are rice, vegetables and seasonal fruits.

 

[Kera]

I think you should be looking at growing crops that mature and are ready for sale within six weeks to sustain livelihood.

 

[Suba]

There are many types of crops that can be grown commercially, such as tea, mushrooms, oil palm, coffee, pepper, vegetables, but all types of land will depend on the weather, soil fertility, water availability, etc. In my country, there are many farmers who live more than enough or do not lack money.

 

[Trush Jodie]

It depends your scale. Some farmers make enough money from one harvest to last them till the next harvest.

 

[neku]

Growing banana or plantain can be lucrative, since it is very easy to find buyers for bananas in most countries, even elderly people can eat bananas easily.

 

[Augusta]

There are so many of them you can plant rice, beans, corn or millets. All of these can serve one commercially

 

[Kross]

Growing banana or plantain can be lucrative, since it is very easy to find buyers for bananas in most countries, even elderly people can eat bananas easily.

Bananas take at least seven months to produce. It can't be a business that one can depend on for everyday living.

 

[eLdavis]

Rice is definitely an option here, you can make money from selling rice, then another option is maize.

 

[Nomad]

Cash crops can make you a lot of money compared to food crops, just find out what cash crops you can grow in your region

 

[Fidelia]

I think the best option to make regular income from crop farming is to cultivate corn. It would make lots of money every three months.

 

[Alberello75]

Well, here in Italy the figure of the farmer who lives by selling his crops is something that has been disappearing since the post-war period. Unfortunately, everything is now in the hands of foreign multinationals that place their headquarters here in our country.
But I noted that most of you come from Nigeria, which has a climate that favors certain plantations that would otherwise not be possible in Italy.

 

[Niyi Br]

There are some crops like tomato that would give you money on a regular if you can cultivate it commercially.

 

[Alberello75]

Apart from the place where I am which is temporary, but I live in the city. I could consider this in a future that I will probably move to live in the countryside.