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<blockquote data-quote="Danllan" data-source="post: 4136308" data-attributes="member: 8735"><p>As written elsewhere there may not be a great many people with knowledge that can be applied to your area. I used to farm in Zim a long time ago, but that was beef, tobacco and maize. I knew someone in Senegal - an expat Frenchman - who farmed chicken, very good money in that. I think he was somewhere near Kolda, but that might be my imagination because it is the only town there I can remember the name of. Melons are good if you have an irrigation source; friends of mine were big in produce, tomatoes always sell well and onions too. There is a fair mark-up in salads and a quick turnover too, but they are fiddly.</p><p></p><p>If you get any workers who will stay and are reliable and competent, pay them properly and keep them! Don't lend any kit out, it either won't come back or will be broken. Don't borrow unless it is from family, don't fall into the back-hander trap and always pay your bills on time. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danllan, post: 4136308, member: 8735"] As written elsewhere there may not be a great many people with knowledge that can be applied to your area. I used to farm in Zim a long time ago, but that was beef, tobacco and maize. I knew someone in Senegal - an expat Frenchman - who farmed chicken, very good money in that. I think he was somewhere near Kolda, but that might be my imagination because it is the only town there I can remember the name of. Melons are good if you have an irrigation source; friends of mine were big in produce, tomatoes always sell well and onions too. There is a fair mark-up in salads and a quick turnover too, but they are fiddly. If you get any workers who will stay and are reliable and competent, pay them properly and keep them! Don't lend any kit out, it either won't come back or will be broken. Don't borrow unless it is from family, don't fall into the back-hander trap and always pay your bills on time. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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