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By PSA's finance manager
Potato business case Agrico varieties
Our Finance Manager explains the potato business case in detail. You will see the highly profitable business case of farmers using Agrico varieties in Kenya. Elements of which are the cost price reduction per kg produced, higher sales revenue, increase of net profit and how PSA is de-risking potato farming for Kenyan farmers.
Business case (including risk analysis)
In this video you will learn how the net profit per acre boosts when using Agrico potato varieties. Our Finance Manager will guide you through the cost per acre, the yield improvement, the cost price reduction and the growth in revenue.
Finally based on break even analyses, she will explain how PSA lowers the current risk of potato farming.
The potato business case is based on averages achieved at ~1,700 potato farmers in Kenya, in three different counties, grown by themselves, on their own land and under different climate conditions for several years.
Duration: 16:30 minutes
Potato business case (basics)
In this video you will learn how on average the net profit per acre boosts when using Agrico potato varieties. Our Finance Manager will guide you through the cost per acre, the yield improvement, the cost price reduction and the growth in revenue.
The potato business case is based on averages achieved at ~1,700 potato farmers in Kenya, in three different counties, grown by themselves, on their own land and under different climate conditions for several years.
Duration 13:16 minutes
Our free video potato training modules
What you learn
- Crop rotation & soil sampling
- Weed killing & ploughing
- Fertiliser application
What you learn
- Furrows & ridges - row distances
- Planting distances – tuber spacing
- Certified seed potatoes
What you learn
- Weed killing
- Prevent, recognise & manage
- Fertilizer - top dressing
What you learn
- Maturing period
- Harvest
- Grading & Bagging
What you learn
- Different potato diseases
- Safe Chemical applications
- Management of applications
The best training in profitable potato farming in Kenya
From our potato seed multiplication farm in Nakuru our agronomist Kaituyu demonstrates and teaches farmers step by step what profitable potato farming entails. Of course, the application of intensive management based on GAP is an important part of these training courses.
Daniel Mwaura
Contact
Potato Services Africa ltd.
Nakuru
Kenya