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Plantation cost is seedlings plus pitting and planting, uplifted 5% for casualty replacement, plus establishment maintenance at roughly 25 currency units per plant per year for weeding, watering, staking and plant protection until the crop is self-supporting.
Plantation cost
Establishment = seedlings x (seedling cost + planting cost); total = establishment x 1.05 + seedlings x annual maintenance x years
Some plants always die in the first season and must be replaced to keep the stand uniform. Gaps left unfilled cost yield for the whole life of the plantation.
Depends entirely on species — papaya and banana within a year, mango and citrus in 4-6 years, timber species in 8-20. Plan working capital for the full pre-bearing period.