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D-orchard-establishment Dictionary

Orchard Establishment

The cost and years of planting and growing trees before they bear

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Plain meaning
The cost and years of planting and growing trees before they bear
How to use it
Cost every year until the orchard bears and fund those years in the cash flow before planting.
South African benchmark
South African citrus is overwhelmingly export-oriented and built on long orchard establishment (Article 23).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M4
Calculate it
T-M4-02 Orchard Establishment Cost
Library sources
LIB-A023, LIB-A031, LIB-P-Citrus, LIB-P-Citrus-IP
See also
Payback period, Grafted tree
Citrus: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedCitrus: how the business runsSold bycartons or tonnes per hectare1Plant trees2Grow 3-5 years3Pick4Pack-house5Export or local marketZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Citrus Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M4 Citrus.