Dalitso The Urban Farmer

30/05/2022

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23/05/2022

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Thank you Choppies and here is the challenge for our farmers. We are sure other chain stores will follow. Fellow Zambians these are the opportunities we keep talking about.

Bally, Chief Marketing officer

19/05/2022

“Hello Sir, I have seen this cabbage field, what does one need to have such a field?”

- Facebook user

For starters, you need to have the knowledge to bring up the cabbage from seed to full size as required by the market.

Then:

Land.
Labour.
Water.
Plant nutrition.
Plant protection.

Cabbage spacing is 60cmx40cm so you can work out what plant population the size of land you have can accommodate.

You need people that will work in your field on a day to day basis; transplanting, weeding, spraying, fertilizer application, harvesting.

Cabbage requires a lot of water throughout the growing period and more so during head formation; you can have all the fertilizer, manure etc but if you don’t supply adequate water, forget about good quality cabbages.

It will also be hard for you to manage pests coz your plants will be stressed; quick and fast grow is a way to outdo insect damage.

Cabbage is a heavy feeder of nitrogen and will benefit from application of manure and compost; good water supply coupled with manure and fertilizer applications will see you having good sized cabbage heads.

Cabbage doesn’t have a lot of fungal diseases but in the rainy season, you have to watch for soft rot and black rot. The buck of your plant protection will be focused on dealing with insect pests.

Last but not least, it is a myth that you have to have your market sorted before planting, especially if you want to supply to supply the Open market.

The open market is always hungry for produce and always open with no barriers to entry. You just have to be willing to accept the price it is offering; you can counter this by trying to produce your cabbage at the least possible cost and working to supply volumes.

If you’re a lover of the supermarket, Plant and calculate the days to maturity. Towards maturity, start visiting your preferred supermarkets; to ensure consistent supply, stagger your plantings.

17/05/2022

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The standard spacing for cabbage is 60cmx40cm. This spacing will give you medium to large cabbages especially if your irrigation is good and feeding, excellent; 3.5+kg in weight.

At this spacing (60cmx40cm), you get a plant population of 41,666 cabbages in one hectare (100mx100m) of land; if want large to extra large cabbages, you can work with 60cmx50cm but this will recur your plant population to 33,333, costing you 8,332 cabbages.

If there is no incentive for the extra weight ie if there is no major difference in price between a cabbage weighing 3.5kg and one weighing 5.5kg, you're better off working with 60cmx40cm so that you can make money off the 8,332 cabbages you would lose if you adjusted the spacing.

A spacing of 60cmx40cm means that you will plant 10,416 on a 50mx50m portion of land; this number will you see being productive and making maximum usage of that lima. Anything lower than 10,416 cabbages will mean that you're not being productive and you're not making maximum usage of that lima.

Today, we see people planting 5,000 cabbages, 4,500 cabbages in a lima and then crying foul and saying there is no money in cabbages especially when the market is not willing to pay extra for their cabbages, but only because they want to make up for their lack of productivity.

K3 per cabbage x 5,000 = K15,000

K3 per cabbage x 10,416 = K31,248

Do you see the revenue difference?

To make the same amount of money (K31,248), the person with 5,000 cabbages would need to sell their cabbage at K6.2496.

If the market refuses to give this farmer K6.2496 per cabbage head, they pack up and drop farming because their is no money.

One thing you will notice is that we make alot of losses in farming and very little profit, not because there is not money or profit, but because we are unproductive and don't maximise on our land usage.

Fix this, and we are on our way to sustainable farming.

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07/05/2022

My mother always told me to go where you feel most alive😊

Today I visited the farm to look at my not so small vegetable garden..
with the rising cost of production my numbers are working good with me💪

So here we have about 10000 cabbages to be ready in a month. Our leafy vegetables like Chinese cabbage,rape and chibwawa keep the farm moving and are a very fast way to generate money..
In a few months time I'll will be smiling to the bank because I made this little investment 😊

How is your Saturday going?

26/04/2022

Take advantage of this importation ban on onion to start farming it..
You're going to be waking away with good money in 4months

04/04/2022

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04/04/2022

04•04•22
Just completed doing our land prep for our leafy vegetables🌱

With the increasing prices of fuel and fertilizers,one needs to lower the cost of production while maintaining good quality..
farming is definitely not for the weak 🤷‍♂️

Timing+Dedication+Hardwork= high yields

1 hectare done ✅

29/03/2022

14/03/2022

Finally it has rained!👏
We can now go to the farms🙏

02/03/2022

When faith meets hard work.A miracle is inevitable🙌🏻
Kasonde Mwenda C this is inspiring 🙏

..what a daunting task juxtaposed with endless challenges! It was only until 23:48 hrs last night when we finally met our flag-off target of transplanting 10, 000 cabbages.
..I was humbled how even volunteers worked that late, afterwards I just had to drive them back to their homes after midnight. We worked like that because the seedlings were getting wasted as they over grew and limited space which started killing them on the nursery bed. It had not rained for over a week, the sky was clear with bright stars and no clouds yet by sheer faith we transplanted cabbages although we were in the middle of a drought and we had no capacity to finish watering them after planting.

God had sent me free labour and I had to utilize it the best way possible because I believe when God gives you opportunity you have to utilize it beyond capacity. Perfect times never come, but faith can make an ordinary time become perfect.

Miraculously, against all odds, we managed to transplant and God answered our prayer!! It rained heavily that night after over a week of no rain. (if it didnt rain we were still going to water but God had mercy on us).

Of course life is not a gamble but when times are hard we can apply ourselves insanely and when faith meets hard work, a miracle is inevitable. God has a plan for our lives, he may not show us the whole journey but step by step he is capable of opening one door at a time until we breakthrough into our destiny. The secret is to have faith, work hard and learn to Jehovah is in control.

If you failed, rise u and try again.
We are the Generation of Hope. Let us raise and emancipate our lives and our lovely country Zambia, this our time.
We have the Hope that refuses to die.

Wherever we want to go, our feet shall take us there.

Kasonde Mwenda C
Economic Freedom Fighters-EFF President

02/03/2022

28/02/2022

28•02•22
It's a very good morning from our soya bean fields😌
Our hard work is starting to show some fruits🙌🏻

Do not panic!
If you have seen God run in when you were about to run out,He is still the same God♥💯🙌

21/02/2022

Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others🙏🏼
Stay grinding!

21/02/2022

This year we buy Land. ✔️

09/02/2022

7 QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL FARMER 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

Any kind of farming involves a lot of hard work, it takes a huge amount of responsibility and is not the kind of venture that you will get rich QUICK on. However, here are 7 qualities that will set you up for success 💪

1: PATIENCE
Farmers have to be patient. Raising crops takes time. Plus, it might not always turn out the way you expect.
Successful farmers don’t get frustrated by slow or unexpected results. Instead, they take it in stride and plan for how to get it right next time.

2: STUDENT MENTALITY
Curiosity comes hand in hand with a student mentality, and farmers need lots of it to find success.They have to be willing to ask questions, in order to experiment and learn new things to help their farm.

3: KNOWLEDGEABLE
Knowledge and learning pair nicely together. In addition to learning new things, farmers need to be knowledgeable about every aspect of their farm. To find success, be sure to thoroughly research what goes into running a farm and know everything possible about your crops.

4: PROBLEM SOLVER
Farmers also need to be adept at problem-solving. They need to be able to identify and solve problems in order of significance.
They also need to be able to plan for problems that haven’t happened yet.

5: ORGANIZED
Farmers have to keep track of a lot of factors, to keep their business running. A lot of farming is driven by time, product, and labor management. In order to manage all of these, farmers need to keep everything in order and prioritize.

6: GOOD WITH NUMBERS
Numbers play a bigger role in farming than most people realize. Along with staying organized when it comes to facts and figures, the farmer has to know what to do with them. Farmers need to have a brain for finance, to track inventory, budget, and analyze profits, among others.

7: SALESMAN
Successful farmers got where they are by making sales. To keep your farm afloat, you have to make a profit.
This may include face-to-face direct sales, like at a farmers’ market, or working with a distributor. Either way, farmers should plan a marketing strategy and sales pitch, to make the most money possible.

Please leave a comment if this was informative to you. 😃

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07/01/2022

29/12/2021

Small beginnings

Good morning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners.

Never ever despise small beginnings.
When I started my farming journey, I found a small garden on the farm.

In my mind though I had already envisioned those big commercial fields of tomato and onion.
I knew what I wanted and where I was going.

I remember my grandma saying to me, I bless you that just your name will be a door for many people to access. You will be a very big commercial farmer. 4 years later I am on my way to being that.

As long as you start and your mind is programmed to where you are headed. You work towards your goals, you keep time. You are on the right track.

That’s why you can live in a low cost area, but in your head you live in a high cost area. Believe it or not your desire will always be granted to you.
Declare your desire everyday. God must hear it aloud from you!

Ensure in everything you do you are solving a daily problem.
I solve your food problems. For as long as you are alive you will always eat.

Welcome to the harvest Tuzini farms 1

Simona F1.

Focus on your end goal.

Poor people spend all day talking about rich people and rich people spend all day talking about how they will make the next dollar.
The choice is yours ~ Matthew Mohan.

23/12/2021

Christmas

Goodmorning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners.

I have a question for you.

What are you doing for your employees for Christmas?

Don’t tell me you are giving them money.

I do not believe in giving money during Christmas.

Why?

Our labor force is all about drinking and spending and the money does not even trickle down to their children.

I will ensure this Christmas I give them washing powder, some bathing soaps, lotion to ensure that their households are covered.

If you do not have the financial muscle to do this for your employees.

Teach them a skill, so that tomorrow they are an effective entrepreneur.

If your business does not create or add value to others, then you are miles away from flourishing.

Give Give Give.

Have a beautiful, productive and abundant day!

Love

Le Zed❤️

22/12/2021

Unexpected Turns

Good morning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners

What you need understand is that everything happens at the right time and at the right place.

What you need to do is embrace every moment.

Today I was woken up at 1am with a phone call from Tuzini 1 that one of our green houses was flooded because someone left it open.

Our guards spotted it and together with our manager they acted immediately without me being present.

Unexpected turns will happen in your business.
It is how you react to them that matters.

You have two options:
1) To sit, blame and have self pity
2) To pick up the pieces and move

The choice is yours
When a crisis occurs be calm and try and solve it.
Pray over it, God will do the rest..
Your attitude matters in every situation.

Live a life of total surrender!
We are only humans and not even our own life is in our hands..

Have a beautiful rainy day and embrace the time.

Love

Le Zed❤️

21/12/2021

The one who inspires me🖤🖤

Year ending

Good morning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners

As we end the year, I look back and the only thing I did not do this year was play.

I learnt the value of TIME!

I lost my social life. I decided to invest in myself, my farms and my kids.

Your social life should be adding value to you.

Your social life should be your bank account.

The minute the intention is set that you need to build yourself and your empire, your strategy changes.

Even the people you surround yourself with changes

Eagles do not move in a group. Crows do.

The problem is that we are so used to being the past version of ourselves, that year in year out we do not grow.

If you have not grown this year.

2022 is time for a new strategy.

Join me live at 7am as we share some formulas for rain season tomato.

Have a fabulous rainy productive Tuesday!

Love

Le Zed❤️

20/12/2021

Wisdom

Good morning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners

Vegetable farming can be extremely tricky especially tomato farming when it is raining constantly.

How do we navigate the rain?
Great question.

Read James 1:5

You have to be connected to Gods infinite intelligence in order for you to succeed in such tricky weather.

Ask yourself if you ever ask God for wisdom in decision making.

Even fertilizer applications, spraying, labor distribution, the list goes on.
I need to ask God every day.

This is why early morning meditation is key in any successful Entrepreneurs life.

You are then connected spiritually to manifest physically what it is that you really desire according to Gods will.

Nothing happens by accident.
Everything happens at the right place and the right time.

In everything practice gratitude.

Wisdom and gratitude go hand in hand.

I am grateful for the wisdom God has given me and continues to give me over this year.

Have a successful day. Being conscious of everything happening around you.

Love Le Zed❤️

17/12/2021

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Hand outs!

Good morning my 5am Millionaire Mindset Partners.

Stop asking for Handouts!

Why do Zambians like free things?

I get so mad when someone calls me explains that they want to start a business and that they need me to sponsor them.

There is no such a thing as free.
Even the MM & ZF empowerment underwent serious due dilligence for us to release money.

Start where you are. Start small.
How did I start?

I inherited a piece of land and a very small tomato garden.

I practiced the law of intention & desire.
Be intentional about your daily actions to get to your desired goal and keep your motives pure.
All that matters to God is your heart that’s all.
Everything that is meant for you will flow to you effortlessly.

Be patient, don’t be in a hurry to be an entrepreneur.

It’s taken me 5 whole years to arrive here!
And it took me a whole 4 years of saving before I got to the 5 years.

So today practice the law of intention & Desire
Today work towards your ultimate goal
Today stop asking for handouts.
Today envision what you want to achieve.

Have a seriously beautiful day!

No one owes you anything. Not even President HH.

Fuel has gone up stop blaming him.
Let’s blame ourselves for entertaining mediocrity for 10 years.
We have to suffer a little to be ok in the future.
We all have to sacrifice for our nation.

Love

Le Zed❤️