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During the game you play the part of a farmer who has just taken over your farm. On taking over you are given the following information from your parent or predecessor:
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You will then farm for a number of seasons. All money used in this game is denominated in a fictitious currency, the “SusFarm” Dollar denoted by the $ sign. In each Season, you will know the resource you have already and be asked whether you want to buy extra Materials and Tools for the coming season.
Materials includes seeds, fuel, fertilisers etc needed to grow your crops.
Tools includes the maintenance of your existing tools, and depending on how much you choose to spend, you can add to your stock of Tools.
You can also buy technical advice if you wish.
You will also be asked whether you want to contribute to Schooling in your village, which will help everyone who lives and works there.
Occasionally, you will be asked to make other decisions too, so please watch-out for those options. They will appear in Seasons 3, 7, 8 & 9.
In places you will see a "?". Click on "?" to see explanations.
Your objective is to reach the end of the game with the largest Retirement Fund possible. This is made up of
the market value of your farmland,
materials and tools and
cash in your bank.
Have you played this game before?
How much do you know about farming?
Decisions to make:
$ Price
Additional Materials
$0.5
You must buy materials!
Tool maintenance and investment
$4
Your tools are worn-out, you must have working tools to farm your land!
Public Schooling and Training
$5
Technical advice
$5
Result
Close
Thank you for your help and for playing the game.
Inputs used and stock of Tools
Materials
These are consumed on each turn, and turned into products.
Labour
This value is fixed, can be made more productive by training / schooling, and technical advice.
Tools
Each year, your tools will degrade or get worn out such that you need to replace each individual item
every 5 years. This means that about 1/5 of you tool inventory need replacing each year.
Cash
Your bank value from the previous Growing Season.
Income
Products
Products that will be sold on the price.
Price
Price of a unit of product.
Revenue
Revenue generated from selling all the products on for the current price in $.
Results
Household Spending
35% of all the revenue.
Bank
The rolling total of cash balance at the bank, this will be the cash at the next Growing Season.
Decisions to make
Spending $ to buy:
Additional Materials
Buying additional materials for the next Growing Season.
Tool maintanance and investment
Buying and maintaining the tools. 1/5 of you tool inventory need replacing each year.
Public Schooling and Training
Training your labour, so they will be more productive in the next Growing Season.
Technical advice
Technical advice about your land area, this will make it more productive.
