1. Your employer has asked you to develop an optimum cropping plan for a smallholder settlement scheme that is still under construction. Each settlement unit will have 2 ha net of arable land and a settlement condition is that each farmer must supply $2000 working capital. Average family size should enable each unit to supply about 180 family labour over a year.
The scheme’s manager expect each family to grow its staple food requirements of 3 tonnes of sweet potatoes each year.
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CALCULATION: 1. Your employer has asked you to develop an optimum cropping plan for a smallholder settlement scheme that is still under construction. Each settlement unit will have 2 ha net of arable land and a settlement condition is that each farmer must supply $2000 working capital. Average family size should enable each unit to supply about 180 family labour over a year. The scheme's manager expect each family to grow its staple food requirements of 3 tonnes of sweet potatoes each year. Gross Labour days/ha/yr Variable Costs/ha Margin/ha (Number) $ $ Sweet potatoes @ 2,130 105 850 8.7 tonnes/ha Coconuts 2,000 80 250 Ta'amu 8,500 100 Bananas 4,875 135 2,475 Tomatoes 40,650 250 3,100 (1) Calculate the best crop combination for a settler family to make optimum use of its available resources. Show each step of your planning procedure clearly and state your CONCLUSION