CHERRY TOMATOES
BEEF STEAK TOMATO
VARIETY
FORTESA RZ F1
- Cherry tomato
- Compact plant type
- Easy fruit set
- Good continuation in production
- Indeterminate habit
GREENHOUSE DIMENSIONS
SPECIAL GREENHOUSE DESIGN FOR HOT & HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS. (Adequate for different parts of African continent, low lands and high lands)
CALVANISED STEEL
- Steel life cycle is more than 15 years
- Plastic life cycle is 33 months
- Netting life cycle is 84 months
- Wind resistant
- Crop holder system can hold up to 16kg/m2
- 1 technician & 5 workers can install 1 unit in 5 days
- Pillars and arches made of wide tubes of 60mm
- Fixed top ventilation 70cm, overlap 50cm, for chimney yerda effect
- Film stretched and fixed using aluminum profile and spring wire
- Nets covering all sides, 40 mesh, for better aeration
- Safety access system or double door to prevent insect entrance
- Down skirt on all sides to anchor the structure and to prevent rain water floods go inside
- Reinforcements and wind breakers for a rigid structure
- Built in crop support on each arch, can hold more than 16kg/m2
WOODEN GREENHOUSE
INDOOR PRODUCTION
COST AND BENEFIT CALCULATION
FORTESA RZ F1
GENERAL
Crop type
Beef steak tomato
Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
180 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
Nursery preparation (UGX 504 per seedling)
Media preparations
Fertilizers & Nutrients
Trellising system
Disease control
Pest Control
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
Transportof production to market
Others
UGX 108,700
UGX 1,087,000
UGX 504,000
UGX 1,500,000
UGX 1,500,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 150,000
UGX 2,500,000
UGX 250,000
UGX 1,000,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 9,299,700
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
Plant density (plants/m2)
Total no. of plants
Yield in KG / plant
240
0.24
1000
6
Total KG produced
6000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Metallic Greenhouse
Total Investment costs
UGX 17,000,000
UGX 17,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
Total sales
Total costs
Gross profit
UGX 6,000
UGX 36,000,000
UGX 26,299,700
UGX 9,700,300
Net Profit Season 1
Net Profit Season 2
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 9,700,300
UGX 26,700,300
UGX 26,700,300
GENERAL
Crop type
Beef steak tomato
Crop type Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
180 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
UGX 108,700
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
UGX 1,087,000
Nursery preparation (UGX 504 per seedling)
UGX 504,000
Media preparations
UGX 1,500,000
Fertilizers & Nutrients
UGX 1,500,000
Trellising system
UGX 350,000
Disease control
UGX 350,000
Pest Control
UGX 150,000
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
UGX 2,500,000
Transportof production to market
UGX 250,000
Others
UGX 1,000,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 9,299,700
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
240
Plant density (plants/m2)
0.24
Total no. of plants
1000
Yield in KG / plant
6
Total KG produced
6000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Metallic Greenhouse
UGX 17,000,000
Total Investment costs
UGX 17,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
UGX 6,000
Total sales
UGX 36,000,000
Total costs
UGX 26,299,700
Gross profit
UGX 9,700,300
Net Profit Season 1
UGX 9,700,300
Net Profit Season 2
UGX 26,700,300
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 26,700,300
METALLIC GREENHOUSE
INDOOR PRODUCTION
COST AND BENEFIT CALCULATION
FORTESA RZ F1
GENERAL
Crop type
Beef steak tomato
Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
180 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
Nursery preparation (UGX 504 per seedling)
Media preparations
Fertilizers & Nutrients
Trellising system
Disease control
Pest Control
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
Transportof production to market
Others
UGX 108,700
UGX 1,087,000
UGX 504,000
UGX 1,500,000
UGX 1,500,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 150,000
UGX 2,500,000
UGX 250,000
UGX 1,000,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 9,299,700
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
Plant density (plants/m2)
Total no. of plants
Yield in KG / plant
240
0.24
1000
6
Total KG produced
6000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Metallic Greenhouse
Total Investment costs
UGX 36,000,000
UGX 36,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
Total sales
Total costs
Gross profit
UGX 6,000
UGX 36,000,000
UGX 45,299,700
-UGX 9,299,700
Net Profit Season 1
Net Profit Season 2
Net Profit Season 3
-UGX 9,299,700
UGX 17,400,600
UGX 26,700,300
GENERAL
Crop type
Beef steak tomato
Crop type Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
180 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
UGX 108,700
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
UGX 1,087,000
Nursery preparation (UGX 504 per seedling)
UGX 504,000
Media preparations
UGX 1,500,000
Fertilizers & Nutrients
UGX 1,500,000
Trellising system
UGX 350,000
Disease control
UGX 350,000
Pest Control
UGX 150,000
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
UGX 2,500,000
Transportof production to market
UGX 250,000
Others
UGX 1,000,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 9,299,700
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
240
Plant density (plants/m2)
0.24
Total no. of plants
1000
Yield in KG / plant
6
Total KG produced
6000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Metallic Greenhouse
UGX 36,000,000
Total Investment costs
UGX 36,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
UGX 6,000
Total sales
UGX 36,000,000
Total costs
UGX 45,299,700
Gross profit
-UGX 9,299,700
Net Profit Season 1
-UGX 9,299,700
Net Profit Season 2
UGX 17,400,600
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 26,700,300
