How to Make and Use a Farm Budget

Do you want to know how much money you will make from your farming business? In this post, we give you a simple farm profits calculator using the cost benefit analysis formula or method. You can do it for the entire farming project or a specific crop or livestock.

Top 7 Food and Agriculture trends to watch in 2024

What are the new agriculture trends in Kenya to watch this year? Events in the last year and a review of events in the first two months of 2024, reveals the key trends to watch. The main aim of these changes will be ensuring food safety and profitability for farmers, ranchers, traders and consumers.  To…

Is spinach farming in Kenya really profitable?

In this profit analysis, we determine the expected income for spinach farming in Kenya. We use the gross margin analysis method to get total revenues from an average price per Kilogram and total yields per acre. We deduct all costs of production such as the cost of farm inputs and labor to determine the gross…

How can you make more farmers profits in Kenya?

Agriculture marketing is the key challenge for smallholder farmers in Kenya  As a result, farmers profits are low while the post-harvest food losses are high. Farmers lack access to markets, buyers, demand and prices. Their investments in transport and processing are low. They act individually, limiting their bargaining power and influence in the market. They end up relying on…