in Kinangop, there are two types of bag. small bag (kamucuko) and big one. (the one that is approx 160kg(extended)). Please clarify which one you say.
current prices are BAD !!! . Kuna overproduction and the market is not able to consume more regardless of how low the prices go.
Around feb/march, the big bag was going for around 4000, the same has steadily gone down to 1000.
In kinangop, current production per acre is between 15 and 40 Big bags per acre,
Production is affected by alot,
whether you applied fertilizer or manure or both
whether you tilled the land well and in good time.
Whether you applied dawa well and in good time,
natural factors: including excess rain is the one of the worst and most unexpected, you'll see your produce disappear as you watch
Excess cold (baa) is bad for potatoes. These places can be chilly and even ice falls and this affects waru badly,
Also, while looking for land, please note that different soil colour affects the colour of your waru and hence the marketability .
there is the ashy type (kimuhu), its not favoured
and we have the dark (almost reddish) soil, its best in kinangop (toney).
Production is not different but their prices differ.
For example, current market price(at the shamba) for kimuhu big gunia is 1000, while for toney you can bargain 1200.
Also, the type of seed matters alot , but in kinangop the ‘sangi’ variety is almost default.
In other areas you might find other varieties like tana (white) and the red variety.
Most areas in kinangop that aren’t too far inside are renting the shambas at 15k per year and some are charging even more .
If you plan to do large scale, i would recommended areas are mau narok,
Land there is cheap at like 7k per acre
Production is better
You are likely to have large tracts of land unutilized as opposed to kinangop where its hard to find even 3 unitilized acreas