Understand how to budget and estimate your farming income and expenses to allocate funds for inputs, labor, loan repayments for quality animal and crop production.
Use the Gross Margin analysis (GMA) results for tips, guides and ideas to reduce costs, and increase sales to make extra profits. Finally, learn which farm records to keep per crop or aimal reared for future decision making.
Are you looking for an accurate estimate of money you will make for commercially growing wheat in Kenya? This post gives you a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for a farmer growing wheat in a productive area like Narok, Timau or Njoro. You can use it to understand the inputs and costs required in wheat farming and…
Access a detailed analysis on revenue, costs and profits for rearing 100, 200, 500 or 1,000 indigenous chicken, layers or broilers chicken in Kenya
In this blog post, You will explore how profitable is egg layers chicken farming in Kenya in 2024 using the cost-benefit analysis for 100 birds. The analysis uses prevailing market prices for chicken products and inputs to guide your decision on whether to start or grow your farm.
Camel milk farming is growing fast in Kenya and across the East Africa and the Middle East regions. Camel rearing is especially popular where climate change affects traditional livestock farming. Camel milk, meat, wool, and other byproducts are in high demand globally and locally. Camel milk has many health benefits. It is rich in vitamins…
Are you wondering if okra farming will make you money? This post will provide the profits and costs of okra cultivation for export and local sales.
Do you want to know how profitable is avocado farming in Kenya? In this blog post, we will estimate the costs and profits of growing the Hass avocado for export on an acre. You can use the same as a guide to make other cost and benefit analyses for other avocado varieties such as Fuerte,…
In this post, you will learn how profitable is rice farming in using irrigation farming in a place like Mwea, Bura, or Ahero.
Are you wondering if sweet potato farming is profitable in Kenya? In this post, we will give you an estimate of the money you can make for growing and selling crop tubers and vines. The analysis will use the cost and benefits analysis (CBA) method to determine the costs, profits and gross margins The revenues…
Looking at how profitable is dairy farming in Kenya? In this blog post, we give you the estimates of the money you can make rearing dairy cattle for milk. We will use the cost-benefit analysis for both the intensive and semi-intensive farming systems. For illustration, the estimates will use findings from a 2020 study to…
Are you wondering if sheep farming in Kenya is profitable? In this blog post, we will give show you how to determine costs and profits of a sheep farm. The post will use the cost and benefits analysis method for setting up and running a sheep farm