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I am looking for someone who knows about farming. Has done agriculture. Thank you.
Hello everyone, How many of us are worried of what investments to make ,retirement source of income ,reliable and sure way of getting returns from an investment? Well Agriculture is the most underlooked form of investment.
Most of us grew knowing Agriculture is the worst form of slavery and punishment by our parents. Myself being specific i hate and will always hate dairy cattle rearing, those things never got full. After school majorly high-school and college we would become full time cattle grazers and feeders.
Well I became a mkulima myself ,haha,such an irony. Well to cut the story short I will give you a secret, all the tip CEOs ,to name a few ,Kabu wa Bonfire ,Njoroge formerly of CBK ,Kenyata Uhuru ,Our own Ruto have invested heavily on Agriculture.
What are they planting ?
Hass Avocado ,Pixie Oranges ,Apple Mangoes ,Wambugu Apples ,Coffee and Macadamia nuts. These fruits trees are planted along other annual crops such as maize ,beans or pastures.
The market for this crop is and will continue to grow as major markets open in China ,Europe ,Arab countries and USA. I don’t talk as a sales man ,but ukileta kazi sitakata, I speak as an agronomist planting this crops.
If you are thinking of a retirement plan ,plant these trees. In a span of 5 years the returns are very enticing. With this rains dont just plant trees consider planting a quality fruit seedling.
Ensure the nurseries you buy the trees from are certified. Come.this Monday I will add Hass ,Mango and pixie oranges to the farm.
Agricultural investments are probably some of the investments that seriously character develop people. Before you invest in agriculture, don’t think twice. Think 20 times. Here is how it has character developed me and few friends.
2017 -18, a guy who had been to Israel came to us with an enticing plan of growing watermelons and tomatoes. We teamed up (8 friends), Identified a large parcel of land for lease, dug a well, bought pipes and generator for irrigation. Imported even seeds and paid a consultant. Everything was going according to plan, the watermelons and tomatoes did well.
Now finding the market was a challenge. We had to sell the tomatoes at throw away price since they were going bad. Watermelons we had to eat amongst ourselves. The offers we received was insulting. The rest we left for locals. We made a loss.
Chicken rearing. Majority end up dying after doing everything and if you lucky they survive till maturity, you can’t find the market at the price where you’ll end up with a profit. You don’t even break even. You are forced to literally hawk them.
Maize/beans farming. The final harvest versus the input is laughable. I’d rather you just buy the ready produce.
If you want to commercialize agriculture, make sure you have a ready market for your produce. The demand is lower than the supply in this sector.
These are just ISOLATED incidents, there are millions of other Kenyans who are doing well in agriculture. But for me and other few friends and thousand of others I don’t know but am sure exists, these business was not meant for us unless we do it for personal consumption.
I think we need to have discussion on this; Why is it so hard for radio stations to invite expertise in the field of Agriculture,business,health and education? When you switch on your radio , you may think the main problem that’s affecting Kenyans is relationship, sex and gambling
Agriculture is a very big area that has a huge potential to employ so many people in Kenya and many African countries but our worst nightmare is the cartels and brokers within the market link.
You grow your crops well aware that there is a market but when you get to the market,you find human beings who’ve mastered the art of creating market conditions that they themselves only can manage and exploit to their advantage.
Do you know that you cannot sell your produce peacefully in Gikomba or Oile if you don’t engage brokers and cartel operatives?
Some Kenyans brought carrots to Uganda in Nakasero market and thought they’d access the market just like that but shock unto them when for hours nobody bothered to even ask the cost of a bag.
The cartel and brokers manages the market dynamics such that if you arrive and don’t get in touch with them,quickly word is passed and soon you notice that nobody is interested in your produce.
If a trader for instance,defies the silent rules and engages directly,the brokers have a way of starving such fellows of stock by making sure they don’t usually get stock when the produce arrives.So,its either deal with them or run out of business.
That’s why farmers don’t believe that someone can actually make real money or meaningful gains out of farming exploits.
You don’t want to know how much those brokers will make out of what they took from you at throw away price.
Is there a solution?
I honestly don’t know!