03/10/2023
7 Ways To Make Your Small Scale Farming Profitable In Zimbabwe. (No # 6 Can Save You Thousands Of Dollars)
Many small scale farmers pack and go back to town barely two years after they start. Lack of profitability is the main problem. I have taken time to research and try out many things to enhance profitability in my small agribusiness and the following has worked for me, might work for you too.
1. Discover ways to cut production costs.
- there is always a way to cut costs without compromising quality in all industries. I was using straight feeds ($28 per 50kg) in my first year, then I went to concentrates which reduced the price to $18, then I found out about mixing my own feeds, this reduced the price per 50kg to $13.50. I have just found out that others keep layers so that the feed they buy for layers is then fed to pigs as chicken droppings. This can make them produce a kg of pork at less than a dollar. I can't teach you everything!
2. Don't stop learning and innovating.
- try things out. Have a portion dedicated to experiments and research. Test prices! Test models! Don't just offer vanilla, be innovative. If you think enough, you will always find new ways of doing things.
3. Start selling before harvest time.
- create a page for your farm even before the farm runs, it's free. Be on Google directory! Start farming by selling not by production. Post some educative posts on your farm page to garner a followership. There are people who associate me with nothing else but farming, they have no idea of my other businesses, it's a strategy to sell my farm produce. It's intentional. Through the page VerChro Farms I got an order to supply 2 tonnes of pork weekly before I could even supply 50kg.
4. Eliminate middlemen.
- middlemen sell online. So learn digital marketing. Get control of the consumer! The consumer is not a sacred pot reserved for the big guys. Create your own directory. If you don't know how to sell, I can teach you 😂 and you have to pay because those that pay pay attention!
5. Invest in preservation equipment before the problem strikes.
- 40% of tomatoes go bad before reaching the market. Many pig farmers are forced to give away their pigs to avoid farther losses. Get a large fridge! Come together and invest in a freezer! Buy a home mincer and turn that meat into sausage before it goes bad. Dry those tomatoes and at least do something. Use your brain, you can't produce for the rubbish heap. Have a plan to counter this problem before you start production.
6. Farm only what you have control over.
- this is a big one! You have no control over maize and to***co in Zimbabwe. Why join the queue of those crying rtgs rtgs rtgs every year. Don't farm anything that's controlled by forces bigger than you. Farm only what you can determine the price because it's only you who knows what it costed you! Foolishness is not in short supply.
7. Farm high value crops only.
- there is that which you can farm on a small piece of land, with less water and yet make more money! Small grains are one such! Research! I was shocked when out of curiosity I sent an email to an Indian company and asked whether they buy aloe vera. The response came within hours and it was a question, 'how many tonnes can you supply?' Where I live, these plants (organic) are everywhere in the bush.
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