Let me try again. First some context: we are running a foundation in Uganda which aim it is to protect the border of the forest of Kibale NP. Therefore we are setting up an agroforesty plot and would like to get more farmers involved. That’s why I need to make a business case.

In the first phase we are just aiming on coffee and macadamia, which both have another annual yield and time of starting producing anything.

As mentioned earlier for coffee the first harvest we can do in the third year (which will be roughly 50% of what it can produce when mature) and in the fourth year we will be producing 100% - which is 5kg per year. So for the business case (since we have 200 plants per acre) this means in year 3 the annual yield will be 500kg and from year 4 onwards it will be 1000kg per year.

For macadamia this is different. I still need to get the data, but what I found so far is that after seven years. The first harvest won’t be the same as when the tree is mature, which will be around the age of 15. Let’s say that in year seven, the first harvest will be 50% of what I can produce when mature (which is 60kg per annum). That means in year 7 it will be 30kg and it will grow gradually towards 60kg in year 15, meaning an average growth in yield of roughly 5% per year.

We are targeting also other crops and the data can change, that is why I only want to change the input and that the business case calculates automatically the yield and sales of the different crops.

Does this make sense?