Agroforestry ROI Calculator

Enter your project assumptions

This version works for timber systems, fruit/nut systems, and mixed agroforestry models. Choose whether your revenue estimate is based on annual income or a one-time harvest at the end of the project period.

Acreage: total planted acres in the project.
Trees per acre: planned planting density.
Survival rate: percent of trees expected to survive to productive age.
Yield per tree: annual yield or one-time harvest yield, depending on the revenue model selected.
Price: market value per pound, fruit box, nut unit, board foot, or per-tree output unit.

Use cases

Adapt this calculator to timber, fruit, nut, fodder, carbon, or mixed tree-crop systems.

Timber

Fruit trees

Nut systems

Mixed models

For mixed systems, use blended values or duplicate the calculator logic to add multiple revenue streams such as fruit + timber + intercrops.

Inputs

All dollar values are total project dollars unless otherwise noted.

Project size (acres)

Trees per acre

Survival rate (%)

Accounts for mortality and replacement losses.

Project period (years)

Establishment cost per acre ($)

Annual maintenance per acre ($)

Yield per surviving tree

Use your own unit: lbs, kg, boxes, board feet, etc.

Price per yield unit ($)

Revenue model

Revenue-producing years

For annual systems only. If blank, we use the full project period.

Other total revenue ($)

Optional: add grants, carbon, intercrops, or livestock income.

Other total costs ($)

Optional: irrigation, fencing, labor, equipment, finance charges.

How this calculator works

Step	Formula
Surviving trees	Total trees × survival rate
Revenue per tree	Yield per tree × price per unit
Total revenue	Revenue per tree × surviving trees × productive years, or one-time harvest
Total cost	Establishment cost + annual maintenance + other costs
ROI	(Net profit ÷ total cost) × 100

Payback year is estimated using straight-line annualized revenue and annual maintenance. Real cash flow is often uneven, especially in orchard and timber systems.

Results breakdown

Total trees planted

Estimated surviving trees

Total revenue

Total cost

Net profit

Average annual net

Revenue per acre

Profit per acre

Want this expanded into a more advanced version with discount rate, NPV, IRR, staged yields, or separate fruit + timber + carbon income streams? That is the next logical upgrade.

🌳 Agroforestry ROI Calculator – Estimate Revenue, Profit & Payback

Enter your project assumptions

Use cases

Inputs

How this calculator works

Results breakdown

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