10 acres? What kind of livestock, unless dairy cows, poultry and pigs it will be very sufficient for that and i would think you will get maximum for intensive farming. personally I would want to rear poultry and pigs but its a little bit hectic and demanding as for proper profit you have to rear into the thousands. I would look at the international market Corona will leave a huge shortage of food products especially meats. Now is time to strike. Locally porkwise the dominance by farmers choice also needs to be broken. There is a huge market for pork in Kenya too. I think i will one day go into pig production from rearing to packaging abd distributing locally and internationally.
You think 10 acres is too big or too small? I'm looking at a mix of beef & dairy cows, some poultry and a few crops, no grains. I don't like intensive farming aka factory farming, zero grazing or conventional agriculture, it destroys the land and water. Western farms can only work with huge infusions of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, soils are mineral deficient, not to mention they are money drains, when I drive to the rural parts of my state I come across so many failing farms that are for sale. No buyers. I don't want to make the same mistake. I want as close to natural and organic agriculture as possible. Where soils are regenerated after every season not depleted.
Njuri, the money nowadays isn't in the huge scale operations ( quantity, intensive) you have in mind, those are old fashioned. Rather it is to be found in boutique high end, organic grass fed meat and dairy operations ( quality). Even in Kenya there are discerning informed consumers who will happily pay a premium for such high end ethically produced organic pasture raised products. I didn't use to eat eggs in Kenya for example because I heard medical waste from Pumwani maternity was ground up and used as feed for poultry. It put me off eggs. Ethics and morals are non existent in Kenya, you have sukuma wiki grown with sewage water and such, its horrible. I had no alternatives I could turn to.
In summer here where I live I buy organic pasture raised raw jersey cow milk from this mzungu lady and the milk is nothing like that sold in stores. It is night and day, it is full of cream, so sweet I can drink 2 gallons in one sitting. Say good bye to cavities and toothaches. I buy butter, kefir, eggs and some honey from her. Real wholesome food that will heal your body, not the factory produced shit we eat everyday that is empty calories. She doesn't want to grow in size, because she will not be able to maintain the quality she will tell you. It is perfect for her, she can go on vacations if she wants to. It inspired me to start something like this back home.
The next frontier in agriculture in Kenya is local grown, organic, regenerative, ethically produced, high animal welfare standards, small scale boutique farms serving the Kenyan market. I believe food should be local, growing avocados to service Chinese market is dumb to me. Cash crops are exploitative and neo colonial. I'm rambling, I hope you get the gist.
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