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iKenya
#21 Posted : Friday, July 08, 2011 8:43:17 PM
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Rent or Purchase? If purchase, 450K/acre...give or take....
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Buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own...
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dizoh
#22 Posted : Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:49:18 PM
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hi all i would like to start a farming business in kitale..i have a plot there..and i would like to get intouch with anyone who has started a business there and get ideas...thanks
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MaizeKing
#23 Posted : Sunday, January 08, 2012 9:46:20 PM
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Luttz,

I'm curious if you have reached the point of 100 acres? Have you found it easy to scale up ama there are additional issues when you start leasing more acreage?

I'm looking to try and get to 100 acres in 3-5 years, starting from about 20. Any comments will be appreciated. Asante.

MK

luttz wrote:
I am not a big time farmer yet but am on my there. Distance should not hinder you from venturing into farming. As I post this reply,am 100kms from the Turkey/Iran border on the Iraq side and this has not stopped me from farming. We have lots of idle youth at home who will be willing to be engaged,the best option is to get a guy on permanent basis. Offcourse you will need to make frequent visits to ensure things are working as planned. For my case,am always in the country after every 6- 8 weeks and I always spare time to visit the farm. My plan was to attempt 100 plus acres next year but it looks a litlte bit ambitious,am however set for half of that. We can always plan to visit each others farms to exchange ideas and see where we can improve.
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Goliath
#24 Posted : Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:30:08 PM
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@rmaina and @luttz i like your input.. please give your email hapa for a Q&A session for some of us who want to attempt this venture in future.
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bwanake
#25 Posted : Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:35:37 PM
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This is such an informative post.
I am looking to making my investment from next year (after the Gen elections). Looking at doing 15 acres to start with.
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mBiaLoss
#26 Posted : Monday, September 03, 2012 7:59:34 AM
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since this post started, which has been a while, have other people joined and started the farming business. What has been your experiences?
As an investor I behave like a tick, patiently waiting on grass and larch onto the first cow that shows up. As an investor I dont behave like a tick...I jump off the the cow as soon as am fully engorged before it dies...
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mmarto
#27 Posted : Friday, February 01, 2013 1:42:12 PM
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mBiaLoss wrote:
since this post started, which has been a while, have other people joined and started the farming business. What has been your experiences?

@gmain, @luttz, @Derrick.joker, @MtCarmel, @MaizeKing

Did you people venture into your farming plans. Please share the experience
The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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mmarto
#28 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 9:32:57 AM
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Ala, guys went under ama niaje?
The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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story teller
#29 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 9:49:33 AM
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gmain wrote:
if you re working frm far,pls do wheat,,,,rather than maize.coz its labor intensive.Am in Nbi and always planting wheat in a 20 acre in kitale.Its very manageable,Have not been there this year but am expecting to harvest in 2wks time.
You cant imagine it takes only less than 4 months compared to maize,no much of human labor.

When you choose the lesser of two evils,always remember that its still an Evil.


Wheat farming is lucrative but also risky subject to the vagaries of weather..from relatives doing this, I understand that for every 20k invested per acre, you
make another 20 k..so if you invest 2 m, you gross 4 m..
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
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Tara
#30 Posted : Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:53:41 PM
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I might sound a bit naive but when you say ...

Lease of land: 2.5 t0 3k per acre

is this per month or per year?
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mmarto
#31 Posted : Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:20:38 AM
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Tara wrote:
I might sound a bit naive but when you say ...

Lease of land: 2.5 t0 3k per acre

is this per month or per year?

per season which could be after 6 mnths or one year depending
The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
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