bizzibodi:

How can you say #10m is not enough for cashew plantation & he cannot breakeven on a cash crop were d world demand is more than d supply
How much acres does it take to breakeven?
In cashew business buyers comes for you.
He can get cheaper farmlands in my place a plot housing land is at most #50k not to talk of farmlands.
The cost of setting up a farm land varies from place to place and choice of land.if he bought land with forest he might need a bulldozer for clearing or he goes manually felling trees or using treekiller then burn d death tree in dry season to ash or use as firewood which is cheaper.
If he bought a treeless land or few trees land preparation is cheaper.
My friend he doesn't need #100m to start a cashew farm.
Dnt tell him plantain because you want to sell plantain suckers to him.
Cashew is better why
1.The main products cashew nuts is not perishable.
2.Little or no processing.
Just pluck dry & bag.
3.Can store for a year if price is not favourable to you.
4.World demand is higher than supply.
Infact you don't look for gold or crude oil cashew is gold,cocoa is gold.
5.Cashew is a cash crop a foreign exchange earner.
You can say that for plantain.what will he do if he can't get buyer for his plantain on time or he transport to the market and their is a glut bring it back home?

hmmn cashew is gold cocoa is gold, thanks