Financials from April 2019

The income is very high while expenses is very low this means that business were able to use low input cost to produce lots of quality products and also able to sell this product at a good price. Timbali through training and farm visits assisted this business to minimize input cost whilst increase income.

The quality of his products has drastically improved due to advise from Timbali to use correct input that suit their environment which make it easy to find and keep customers.

Improve markets intelligence which was the pillar of their success. Due to analysis data from previous years he could identify the period of a year when there is a better price and demand of Habanero and Okra. With the help of Timbali though training and discussions during farm visits they started to plant in October 2016 and started to harvest in January when there is higher demand and better prices for Habanero and Okra. The price of Habanero was ranging from R65.00 per kg while the Okra was ranging from R50 per kg.

Timbali’s model improved his business development processes. His financial management and administration has improved. As a result of good administration he was also able to improve a water storage through building a dam on his farm.

Technical KPIs have been improved such irrigation, fertilization, chemical application, planting schedules and global gaps.