QUOTE(loongloong3 @ Jan 4 2012, 11:07 PM)
hi, i am new to this forum and i am interested to understand more about agriculture thingy. To my amaze this forum actually have lots of information regarding agriculture and aquaculture, and failure experience contribution that willing to share with us. good job there!
Ok, i am a greenhorn in this field and hope all of the pros can nourish me like plants. just kidding. Please give me advice as i am thinking whether or not into venturing agriculture line.
Here is my story, i am not a farmer, and i`m currently working in other sector line which totally different from agri and i 'm base in pj. i'm currently thinking of purchasing an agriculture land using my lifetime saving. The reason i choose agriculture land instead of house is that, erm.... agri land cheaper than house in pj. =P and pj house i can't afford to buy too expensive and bank wont loan me that much.
At first i think of just simpan the land and wait for land harga naik for long term. But this is not good coz i need to service bank loan and no rental income. Sumore earn salary just to service the loan for long period of years.haiz.. btw currently i'm looking at at 1-2 acre agriland.
That's y i think its best to make use of the land to plant something rather than leaving there to rott. and i have full time job this makes more unfit to do farming.
All proffesional here please give me hint, guidance for what to do with the land? and i got some silly question to ask , hope all you all dont mind.
1. is there any fast growing plant that doesn't need to take care often?
like 1 month see 1 time ? through browsing the post , i have come accross some plants like chili, serai, herbs(plenty of herbs there but which wan suits me best?) and aka wood, or maybe some wormy business ^^ ?
2. if let say plant those crops that mention above, estimate what's the return ? erm.... i know it sounds silly thinking of harvesting already, but honest speaking i need to know what is the return so that i can plan what to plant for me to service the bank.
3. The maintenence of the plant. Well if got any plant which don't need constant care? But i willing to plant them first, and during harvesting i have some foreigner in my line which i can use as manpower but have to pay.
4. theft plantation? if i`m not there for 1 month will my corpse gone? any idea to prevent? i`m thinking if the aka wood thingy will be the best, but 6-10 years before can harvest *_*" i think i will being sued to bankrupt by bank.
Please please nourish me >.<"
I am not someone qualify to say what is right or wrong because I do not have experience in agriculture either. Still doing my research and homework. But these are the mindset I'm going to instil myself with.
1) No shortcut mentality, go all out with 100% dedication fulltime untill desirable outcome.
2) Then refine the system for better efficiency on time spent and cost, while achieving higher yield.
3) The system can never be good enough, it's always and always will be the challenge to fine tune the system that work to make it work better and better.
Some of the homework that I did :-
1) Visit the retail market often including pasar, and hypermarket
2) Pay a visit to MOA at putrajaya (I buta buta go there myself) and yes info can get.
3) Ask around those who has experience (very important)
4) Internet research
5) Ask yourself how far are you willing to go to achieve what you want to achieve.
6) Do a proper planning
Finally...
ACTION!
Anymore direction that can be helpful in research and planning that all the sifu here can give more ?
This post has been edited by M_century: Jan 4 2012, 11:32 PM