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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 Margin/ha $ Labour days/ha/yr (Number) Variable Costs/ha $ Sweet potatoes @ 8.7 tonnes/ha 2,130 105 850 Coconuts 2,000 80 250 Ta’amu 8,500 100 - Bananas 4,875 135 2,475 Tomatoes 40,650 250 3,100 (i) 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.

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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.



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