Your Vegetable Farm Plan
The capstone project for Vegetable & Greenhouse Farming Business: Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber and Leafy Greens for the Nigerian Market — a free Agriculture course. Pass it and you earn a certificate anyone can verify.
- Free
- 6 steps
- Pass mark 65%
- Graded within minutes
- Beginner-friendly
The project unlocks once you complete the lessons. The workbook is free to download now so you can see exactly what is expected.
What you will submit
One document (Google Doc, PDF or Word, shared with view access) containing all six parts, with the budget as a table and the calendar as a table. Photos of the plot and the price survey are welcome.
What to do, step by step
- Part 1 — The plot and the crop (200-300 words): describe a real plot you have identified (location, size, tenure, water source, access road), name the crop and system you have chosen (open field, net house or greenhouse) and give three reasons tied to your capital, your market and your water.
- Part 2 — Calendar: a dated week-by-week calendar from nursery sowing to last harvest, timed so the main harvest lands in a high-price window you justify with your own local price survey (at least three dated prices for your crop from a market or buyer near you).
- Part 3 — Water and inputs: your water plan (source, pump, storage, drip or manual, litres per day at peak), your seed choice and source, your fertiliser and manure plan with rates, and a pest and disease plan naming the products you would use, their pre-harvest intervals and the PPE you will wear.
- Part 4 — The naira budget and cash-flow: every cost from land to harvest in a table (land, water, seed, nursery, land preparation, fertiliser, agrochemicals, stakes or trellis, labour, crates, transport, contingency), expected yield at a conservative Nigerian figure, expected price low and high, and a month-by-month cash-flow showing when the money goes out and comes in.
- Part 5 — Selling: three real conversations with buyers (a market trader, an aggregator, a restaurant, a supermarket or an online platform) with dates, what they buy, how they pay and what they said about price and quality; your chosen channel and why.
- Part 6 — Risks and decision (150-250 words): a risk register (water failure, Tuta absoluta, glut, flooding, theft, land dispute) with what you will do about each, and an honest go, wait or no-go decision with the one number that would change your mind.
Files to work with
Project workbook (fill in, then submit)The whole brief, an evidence checklist, the grading rubric as a self-check and the link-sharing steps in one file. Opens in Word, Google Docs or WPS.Word · 6 KBHow it is graded
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Crop and system choice is justified by capital, market and water, on a real plot | 20% |
| Calendar is timed to a price peak backed by a dated local price survey | 20% |
| Water, input and pest plans are specific, safe and realistic | 20% |
| Budget and cash-flow are complete, conservative and arithmetically sound | 20% |
| Selling plan rests on three real buyer conversations | 10% |
| Risk register and go/wait/no-go decision are honest and specific | 10% |
You need 65% overall to pass. A failed submission comes back with feedback and can be revised and resubmitted.
Before you submit: make your link public
If your work lives in Google Drive or Google Docs, open Share → General access and change “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link” (Viewer). Then paste the link into a private browser window: if it opens without sign-in, you are ready. A private link cannot be graded — it is the single most common reason a good project fails.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to finish Vegetable & Greenhouse Farming Business: Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber and Leafy Greens for the Nigerian Market before submitting the project?
Yes. The submission screen opens once every lesson in Vegetable & Greenhouse Farming Business: Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber and Leafy Greens for the Nigerian Market is marked complete. The lessons are where the methods, the Nigerian context and the worked examples the project depends on are taught.
How is the project graded?
An examiner scores each rubric criterion from 0 to 100 and weights them as shown on this page; you need 65% overall to pass. Most submissions are graded within minutes and you get written feedback on what was strong and what to improve.
Can I resubmit if I fail?
Yes. A failed project comes back with feedback; revise the weak parts and resubmit. A passed project is final — the certificate is issued and cannot be re-rolled.
What do I actually submit?
A write-up of what you did (under 5,000 characters) plus a public link to your work — a Google Drive folder, Google Doc, spreadsheet, GitHub repository or video. The link must open without sign-in; a private link cannot be graded. The free project workbook on this page walks you through all 6 steps.
Is the certificate real?
Yes. Passing this project issues a certificate with a unique verification code. Anyone — an employer, a client, a school — can open the verification page and see that the certificate is genuine and which project earned it.
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Vegetable & Greenhouse Farming Business: Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber and Leafy Greens for the Nigerian Market is free and self-paced. Finish the lessons, complete this project, and the certificate is yours to share.
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