Okra is one of the highest cultivated and consumed vegetable in the developing world. It is an annual crop and can be cultivated twice a year depending on climatic patterns.
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Also this wonderful crop can cultivated either sole or inter-cropped with others like beans, soy beans, maize, coco-yams, etc depending on its purpose, be it for home consumption or for commercial purposes.
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For commercial purposes, the crop is then cultivated singly and has greatly contributed in arresting poverty among youths and raising their income levels especially as there is always a ready market.
As concerns home consumption, it consumed mostly when prepared with garri, rice, fufu, etc. As a means of preparation the okra after harvesting is thoroughly washed and sliced into small pieces which is later ground using a blending machine or locally by means of mortar and pestle. When the paste is ready, water is then added and stirred for a while before putting on fire to cook where egusi or groundnut is been added.
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Boiled meat or fish is then added afterwards as well as crayfish, salt and maggi to produce a nice taste and flavor.
Okra is highly nutritive and gardens of it can be done on the free spaces in our backyards or equally on waste tires or buckets.
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Once planted, it can be harvested over and over before it will later dry up. For home consumption, its cultivation does not require much space and always remember that '' farming will always be a continual miracle wrought by the hand of God, Benjamin Franklin''
As such crop harvested from your garden or farm are always worth satisfying.
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