Ufeolorun:
1m for dizengoff Amiran kit maybe, another 300k for relevant running cost( workers),add another 300k if you don't have 2 plots so start up cost 1.6m. The kit promises. 7000kg of tomatoes all other things being equal (if you go for the nemo-neta package)
A basket of tomatoes in the market is, say 50kg -
7000/50 = 140 baskets. Assume a price lower than the prevailing market rate for competitive reason (so you can get a buyer quickly)

Let take 3k5 for a basket * 140 =490k first revenue

NB.
I assume the following;
7000kg would be the total from initial harvest but in real life, its likely to be the total over a multiple harvesting period

No loss atall from seed to harvest (unreal)


Lastly they would train you and leave you to it all probably after the first harvest.

The most important part of the polytunnel is the polythene and that should last about 2years depending on the quality hence you would have to buy another covering for your greenhouse

You can draw your conclusions

choiceman:
Ufeolorun, dizengoff would want you to plant tomato like Beefsteak or Roma that attract a high price. The price of this type of tomato cannot be less than 400/kg. So in a planting circle of about 180days, you are expected to get 7tons by 400 will give us like NGN 2m and above. Please note that the first harvest starts at about 85 to 90 days after planting. Quantity and quality of produce depends on your expertise. With greenhouse farming and market, it is achievable

choiceman:
@Jeffmyson, I rather raise money and take the risk. Taken a loan will further increase the risk. There are lots of uncertainties in Agric business because you don't determine price at times because of market forces. Exampl, December is usually pay period for poultry farmers but 2014 December was a bad @ a at a point, I had over 300 crates no buyer, I had to bring down the price and do door to door marketing. In Nigeria there is no price control on most Agric produce that is why most times farmer at the receiving ends. We advised Lagos State to buy as middlemen and sell to retailers but lah they said they are still working on it. This will not discourage me my brother, I have imported beefsteak tomato, what is holding me back is plastic mulch.

choiceman:
I couldn't get seeds locally. I tried o but when I couldn't get I decided to get from my friend based in Germany. He got it for free of charge but will force him to tell me the total cost but sure isn't more than 100 eur for 1000 seed of Beef tomato, 1000 of Roma tomato and 500 sugarbaby water melon. Bros, I have been searching for plastic mulch now since November 2014 and if I don't get at the end of the month, I will have to import again

choiceman:
My tomato and watermelon farm will be at Ijede in Ikorodu. That is the pilot project, I have an acre at imota where I will settle for after my experimentation. The total cost of the seeds is 120 eur. Roma 2000@40 eur, beef 1000@50 while the water melon 500@30 eur.

choiceman:
I couldn't get seeds locally. I tried o but when I couldn't get I decided to get from my friend based in Germany. He got it for free of charge but will force him to tell me the total cost but sure isn't more than 100 eur for 1000 seed of Beef tomato, 1000 of Roma tomato and 500 sugarbaby water melon. Bros, I have been searching for plastic mulch now since November 2014 and if I don't get at the end of the month, I will have to import again

choiceman:
Land in those areas are relatively cheap, ranges from say 200k/ plot to 400k by 6. I don't buy land for people o, omoniles they craze especially if you leave the land fallow. @pavore, I don't know if you can get it in Nigeria but I couldnt find any since NOV. 2014. I called friends in Zaria,still didn't get any.

choiceman:
@soloxam, you are too much. Thank you so so much.

choiceman:
Bros, I have been searching for plastic mulch now since November 2014 and if I don't get at the end of the month, I will have to import again

choiceman:
@Soloxam, one more thing please. I need plastic mulch as well, could you help me out with that too? I really appreciate the gesture, thank you so much. If you be woman I for propose to you now now

Kalusam:
You don't need to import plastic mulch. We have plastic mulch for sale in large quantities and can last for up to a year planting season here in Nigeria.

stint:
What if u guys just go half way on the green house. Is it the sunscreen or the net or temperature control? Since open farming is also profitable. You can just throw in some functions of the green house without actually having a green house e.g you can import the uv stuff and use it to make a roof for your plants. See how that changes things.

TAEpiphany:
Oh la la....it's starting to look promising again. Thanks Pavore, where have you been all my life. Next thing I would be worried about is quality. Shei there's a proverb which says the house built on sand na wind go carry am...how does one protect against strong winds and rain during raining season? Abi it's safe to say 9ja winds no dey carry house /roof......
You know this looks to me like tents people be putting up for wedding ceremonies, haba I'm surprised a lot of Nigerians haven't tapped into this. Just put up tent and add fan and sand na...una don build GH be that

What's the size of this one?

nikaShow:
Jethro , and everybody , thanks for the expose on greenhouse ,

Please can we come back to the less 'expertised' production of tomatoes ,

Jethro2 , what was your production schedule like the first time you planted and lost and please tell us your current 'schedule from production to sales' that makes it profitable...

Some of us are not yet looking at grenhouse , but we are looking at tomatoe production , please Jethro2 , back to your 'real and practical story'...

daemperor1:
What an exciting conversation going on here.

@Pavore9: thanks a lot for always keeping us abreast with how agriculture is thriving in Kenya, the fact remains that they're miles ahead of us. 'Would like to visit Kenya someday and hope you'll show me around.

@ Choiceman : your posts have being very inspiring I must confess! Your 'can do' spirit which is explicit on your posts has lit a flame in me. I hope to visit your pet project sometime, at your convenience, if you don't mind.

@Jethro2: I duff my hat to you madam. Without your setting up of this tread I wonder what would've have happened to all those who' ve been inspired by this tread. You are truly an inspiration to the generations before, now and after. Ma' am, this is not your first tread and I know it wont be the last. Keep inspiring lives through agriculture.

@All: When embarking on a task, sought out both the possible risks and rewards therein. Do not let the enticing sound of the reward cause you to throw away caution, do not let the fear of the risks make you in-active. It is better do something and fail than to sit back and do nothing.

jeffmyson:


Can you prove this with hard data? Can you do a computational analysis showing the possibility of breaking even within 1 year? You don't need to upload it here, just do it so that you will be convinced yourself, you have to factor in the best case scenario, worst case scenario and mid point scenario and then use the average.

I still maintain my stance, it will take you minimum of two years to break even and 3 years max!

choiceman:
Sorry guys, I fail to add that there could be 3 circles in a year. Each circle gives an average of 2.3tons per circle, that is 2300kg by 400 = 920k/circle

jethro2:

Thank you sir for this. That's where innovation comes in