2 AGRIBUSINESS – 2.12 - QUICK TIPS ON MANAGING A SMALL FARM

 
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2 AGRIBUSINESS – 2.12 - QUICK TIPS ON MANAGING A SMALL FARM
 



Having a small farm can provide an income and can be used as an educational adventure for your children.
1.To build a small farm you need
to have an area, your own or rented, that is not less than a 1000 square meters. Better would be an acre or a hectare.
 
2. Have a buyer of your products.
The buyers can be one company (a middleman) or many companies or both. Best will be you sell direct your Organic products to the clients which knew you.
With many companies, expect to be doing more driving and have higher prices. When working with many companies you must have interpersonal skills.
When working with one company expect a lower price, but the plus side of dealing with a middleman company is that they will be able to accept more of your products.
 
3. Have a vehicle to haul your equipment, supplies, and products.
Choose a small truck with 4-wheel drive as your main vehicle and add other vehicles as your business grows. Or just buy a walking tractor which helps to prepare your soil.
 
4. Study the market reports and what other farmers are doing.
Sell your products at a high price minus your expenses including paying yourself. Be adaptable to the market and other problems such as diseases. Collect what you pay a year and incl. your loan of 200 $ a month and put 50 % on this cost per m², divide through the crops per m² ore square foot.
 
5. Have a basement and sheds.
Know carpentry. You should have areas to lift heavy items on and off your truck with a block and tackle. On the farm, a big, strong tree could be used for lifting heavy objects.
 
6. Haul water or have access to a water line or reservoir.
If you have just one vehicle and you are hauling water, you must load and unload your water hauling tanks. If laying a water line, you must buy a pipe, fittings, glue and have equipment for sawing and digging.
 
7. Have equipment.
Have tools to fix minor repairs to your equipment and your vehicles.
 
8. Establish a relationship with a farm loan officer
if you want to make some serious part time income.
 
9. Keep track of your expenses and income.
Get a tax accountant if necessary.
 
10. Protect from theft.
Choose the location of your farm carefully.
 
11. Stick to small livestock
like goats, chickens and other types of domestic fowl such as ducks. Best are sheep’s as they eat all your trash of crops.
 
12. Choose your products according
to the amount of time, you want to put into your farm business.
 
 
 
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2 BIASHARA YA KILIMO – 2.12 - VIDOKEZO VYA HARAKA JUU YA KUSIMAMIA SHAMBA NDOGO.
 
Kuwa na shamba dogo kunaweza kutoa mapato na inaweza kutumika kama adha ya kielimu kwa watoto wako.
1.Kujenga shamba ndogo unahitaji
kuwa na eneo, lako mwenyewe au la kukodisha, ambalo si chini ya mita za mraba 1000. Afadhali ingekuwa ekari au hekta.
 
2. Kuwa na mnunuzi wa bidhaa zako.
Wanunuzi wanaweza kuwa kampuni moja (mtu wa kati) au kampuni nyingi au zote mbili. Bora zaidi itakuwa unauza moja kwa moja bidhaa zako za kikaboni kwa wateja waliokujua.
Pamoja na makampuni mengi, tarajia kufanya uendeshaji zaidi na kuwa na bei ya juu. Wakati wa kufanya kazi na makampuni mengi lazima uwe na ujuzi wa kibinafsi.
Unapofanya kazi na kampuni moja tarajia bei ya chini, lakini upande mzuri wa kushughulika na kampuni ya kati ni kwamba wataweza kukubali bidhaa zako zaidi.
 
3. Kuwa na gari la kubeba vifaa, vifaa na bidhaa zako.
Chagua lori dogo lenye gari la magurudumu 4 kama gari lako kuu na uongeze magari mengine kadri biashara yako inavyokua. Au nunua tu trekta ya kutembea ambayo husaidia kuandaa udongo wako.
 
4. Soma ripoti za soko na kile ambacho wakulima wengine wanafanya.
Uza bidhaa zako kwa bei ya juu ukiondoa gharama zako ikiwa ni pamoja na kujilipa. Kuwa na uwezo wa kukabiliana na soko na matatizo mengine kama vile magonjwa. Kusanya kile unacholipa kwa mwaka na ukijumuisha mkopo wako wa $200 kwa mwezi na uweke 50% ya gharama hii kwa kila mraba, gawanya mazao kwa kila futi ya mraba ore.
 
5. Kuwa na basement na sheds.
Ujue useremala. Unapaswa kuwa na maeneo ya kuinua vitu vizito ndani na nje ya lori lako kwa kuzuia na kukabiliana. Kwenye shamba, mti mkubwa, wenye nguvu ungeweza kutumika kwa kunyanyua vitu vizito.
 
6. Hamisha maji au kupata njia ya maji au hifadhi.
Ikiwa una gari moja tu na unavuta maji, ni lazima upakie na upakue matangi yako ya kusafirisha maji. Wakati wa kuweka mstari wa maji, lazima ununue bomba, fittings, gundi na uwe na vifaa vya kuona na kuchimba.
 
7. Kuwa na vifaa.
Kuwa na zana za kurekebisha ukarabati mdogo wa vifaa vyako na magari yako.
 
8. Anzisha uhusiano na afisa wa mkopo wa shamba
kama unataka kutengeneza kipato kikubwa cha muda.
 
9. Fuatilia gharama na mapato yako.
Pata mhasibu wa ushuru ikiwa ni lazima.
 
10. Linda dhidi ya wizi.
Chagua eneo la shamba lako kwa uangalifu.
 
11. Washike mifugo wadogo
kama mbuzi, kuku na aina nyingine za kuku wa nyumbani kama bata. Bora zaidi ni kondoo kwani wanakula takataka zako zote za mazao.
 
12. Chagua bidhaa zako kulingana na
kwa muda unaotaka kuweka katika biashara yako ya shamba.




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