Income from one acre of Plantain Plantation
Suckers planted …………………………………1000 suckers
Suckers survived………………………………….955 suckers
Suckers or plantain stolen ………………………20 Plantains
Plantain eaten by you and family………………30 Plantains
Plantain spoil by birds or by pests………………5 Plantains
Total Plantain transport to market………………900
Plantains
We are selling in dozen…………………………….75 dozens
(Let assume big size are 40 dozens while 35 dozens)
A dozen of big size sold for N30,000 during off
season and sell N20,000 during season. Average per big bunches per dozen is
30,000 +20,000 =
50 = N25,000
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N25,000 per dozen of big size plantains.
Small size sold for N15,000 per dozen during off
season and 10,000 during season. The average cost will be
15,000 +10.000 =25,000 =N12,500
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Small size sold for average N12,500.00 per dozen
Assume we have 40 big size xN25,000 = N1,000,000
From big size only.
From small size, 35 dozen x 12,500 =N437,500
On acre of land you make sum of N1,437,500
You can now remove your total cost to set it up.
You end up make sum of 1 million Naira as profit.
If you are
not sure of this profit or thinking is a friction you can visit any major
market where farmers sell their farm produce and find out how they are selling
their produce and judge by yourself.
Disclose: Lagos market and it environs are use as case study
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