Progress note 01
Production and harvest proof metrics
A completed proof cycle across 1,225 acres averaged about 4.2 tonnes of paddy per hectare, with higher yields targeted at scale.
The proof cycle is the clearest evidence that the model works. So far 1,300 acres have been rehabilitated, against a full-scale target of 12,000 hectares (29,650 acres). The completed cycle harvested 1,225 acres, against a target of more than 10,000 hectares per season at scale.
That harvest produced 2,063 metric tonnes of paddy from about 496 hectares, an average of roughly 4.2 tonnes per hectare. It mills out to about 1,340 metric tonnes of rice. That is already well above the 2.5–3.0 tonnes typical of traditional varieties, but below Komboka's potential of 6.0–7.0 tonnes per hectare under optimal water and nutrient management.
Closing that gap is the purpose of the rehabilitation programme: reliable water control, mechanised land preparation and disciplined agronomy. The full-scale target of more than 100,000 metric tonnes of paddy and 70,000 metric tonnes of milled rice depends on reaching those higher yields.
These are figures from a single completed cycle. They are the basis for scaling up, not a description of current full-scale output.