Case study 9: The agro-processing industry: opportunities ...

The money was used to hire a manager, purchase a 100 horsepower tractor, a 2.5m Rome harrow, a 3-disc plough, a 5 tonne double axle trailer, a Helix 80 motorised oil press, planting seed, fertiliser and chemicals. The bulk of the planting seed input was hybrid sunflower seed as this was seen to be the most viable cash crop. ................
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