Cost of Production Model :

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NAMDEVCO)
COST OF PRODUCTION MODELS (TT$) August 2005
PUMPKIN
Variety: MIXED LOCAL
Wet Season
Location: Wallerfield (large farmer) Spacing: High density - 1,087 plants/ha Yield = 20,455 kg/ha
ACTIVITY	Unit	Quantity	$/Unit	Total ($)	Total Value ($)	Remarks
Land Preparation					2,750.00
Brushcut	ha	1	875.00	875.00
Plough	ha	1	875.00	875.00
Rotavate	ha	1	1,000.00	1,000.00
Transplanting					135.00
Seedlings	trays	9	15.00	135.00
Fertilising		10			4,447.76
12:24:12	bags	3	120.00	300.00
12:12:17:2	bags	3	130.00	325.00
9:6:24	bags	5	130.00	650.00
Manure	bags	750	2.00	1,500.00
Nutrex	2.27kg	8.01	30.00	240.29
Evergreen	litre	3.00	100.00	300.00
Best-K	litre	3.00	95.00	285.00
Newfol-Ca	litre	9	95.50	847.47
Fungicides		23.92			1,161.63
Pillastin	litre	6.00	90.00	540.00
Daconex	kg	8.87	-	-
Novazeb	kg	3.55	-	-
Alliette	kg	2.50	204.65	511.63
Rovral	500ml	3.00	36.67	110.00
Insecticides		45.80			4,079.03
Factac	litre	6.00	19.63	117.78
Karate	litre	1.50	60.00	90.00
Tambo	litre	2.25	125.00	281.25
Dipel	kg	1.14	110.00	125.00		At fruit set
Padan	100grams	22.50	22.00	495.00
Azadirect	500ml	9.00	330.00	2,970.00
Sevin	kg	3	-	-
Weedicides		10			725.00
Swiper	4.55litre	5	95.00	475.00
Broadtril	500ml	5	50.00	250.00
Labour		37			2,990.00
Land preparation	mandays	2	60.00	120.00
Transplanting	mandays	3	60.00	150.00
Fertilising	mandays	5	80.00	360.00
Pest/Disease control	mandays	18	80.00	1,440.00
Weed control	mandays	1.5	80.00	120.00
Harvesting	mandays	6	100.00	600.00
Loading vehicle in field	mandays	2	100.00	200.00
Transportation					193.00
Seedlings	crates	9	2.00	18.00
Fertilisers	bags	10	2.50	25.00
Manure	bags	750	0.20	150.00
Miscellaneous:					240.00
Refreshments	each	12	20.00	240.00
TOTAL				16,721.41	16,721.41	per hectare
					6,688.56	per acre
Summary
Plants/ha	1089
Yield/ha (kg)	20,455
Yield/plant (kg)	18.78
Cost per ha	16,721.41
Cost per kg	0.82
Cost per lb	0.37

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