Maize
Cotton
Sorgum
Sunflower
Groundnut
Crop budget 1
Small-farmer maize production
| YIELD (t/ha) | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| Labour days (per ha) | 112 | 127 | 140 | |
| Variable costs (per ha) - Prior to harvesting | ||||
| 1. | Seed (kg) | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2. | Fertilizer costs (at farm gate) | |||
| a. Amm. Sulphate (bags) | 5 | 5 | ||
| b. TSP (bags) | 2 | |||
| 3. | Insecticide | |||
| a. Cymbush (lit) | ||||
| b. Thiodan (kg) | ||||
| 4. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Variable costs (per ha) - Harvesting and marketing | ||||
| 1. | Packing materials | |||
| a. Bags | ||||
| b. Twine (kg/ton) | ||||
| 2. | Transport (off farm) | |||
| 3. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Total | ||||
Source: Marketing Development Bureau - Tanzania
Crop budget 2
Small-farmer cotton production (unginned)
| YIELD (kg/ha) | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | |
| Labour days (per ha) | 105 | 134 | 162 | |
| Variable costs (per ha) - Prior to harvesting | ||||
| 1. | Seed (kg) | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2. | Fertilizer costs (at farm gate) | |||
| a. NPK (bags) | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| b. Amm. Nitrate (bags) | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| c. Lime (bags) | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 3. | Insecticide | |||
| a. Carbaryl 85WP (kg) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| b. Endosulfn 35MO (lit) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| c. Synth. Pyrethtroid (lit) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| d. Dimethoale 40EC (lit) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| e. Triazophas 40EC (lit) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| f. Molasses (lit) | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| 4. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Variable costs (per ha) - Harvesting and marketing | ||||
| 1. | Packing materials | |||
| a. Bags | ||||
| b. Twine (kg/ton) | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| 2. | Transport (off farm) | |||
| 3. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Total | ||||
Source: AGRITEX - Zimbabwe
Crop budget 3
Small-farmer sorgum production
| YIELD (t/ha) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Labour days (per ha) | 100 | 105 | 116 | |
| Variable costs (per ha) - Prior to harvesting | ||||
| 1. | Seed (kg) | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 2. | Fertilizer costs (at farm gate) | |||
| a. NPK (bags) | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| b. Amm. Nitrate (bags) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3. | Insecticide | |||
| a. Dimethoate (lit) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| b. Dipterex (kg) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| 4. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Variable costs (per ha) - harvesting and marketing | ||||
| 1. | Packing materials | |||
| a. Bags | ||||
| b. Twine (kg/ton) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 2. | Transport (off farm) | |||
| 3. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | ||||
| Total | ||||
Source: AGRITEX - Zimbabwe
Crop budget 4
Small-farmer sunflower production
| YIELD (t/ha) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| Labour days (per ha) | 434 | 434 | 434 | 434 | |
| Variable costs (per ha) - Prior to harvesting | |||||
| 1. | Seed (kg) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2. | Fertilizer costs (at farm gate) | ||||
| a. Compound (bags) | |||||
| b. Amm. Nitrate (bags) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3. | Insecticide | ||||
| Endouslfan 50WP (kg) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Molasses (lit) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | |||||
| Variable costs (per ha) - Harvesting and marketing | |||||
| 1. | Packing materials | ||||
| a. Bags | |||||
| b. Twine (kg/ton) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 2. | Transport (of ffarm) | ||||
| 3. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | |||||
| Total | |||||
Source: AGRITEX — Zimbabwe
Crop budget 5
Small-farmer groundnut production
| YIELD (t/ha) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| Labour days (per ha) | 76 | 83 | 90 | 97 | |
| Variable costs (per ha) - Prior to harvesting | |||||
| 1. | Seed | ||||
| a. Purchased (kg) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| b. Homegrown (kg) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |
| 2. | Fertilizer costs (at farm gate) | ||||
| a. SSP (bags) | |||||
| b. Gypsum (bags) | |||||
| c. Transport of Fertilizer | |||||
| 3. | Insecticide | ||||
| a. Dimethoate (lit) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| 4. | Seed Treatment | ||||
| a. Innoculant (units) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| b. Thiram 80WP (kg) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| 5. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | |||||
| Variable costs (per ha) - Harvesting and marketing | |||||
| 1. | Packing materials | ||||
| a. Bags | |||||
| b. Twine (kg/ton) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 2. | Transport (off farm) | ||||
| 3. | Miscellaneous | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Subtotal | |||||
| Total | |||||
Source: AGRITEX — Zimbabwe
Production and DTP : Judita Hribar
Artwork: Consuelo Macías Duimich
The following is a list of booklets published in the MARKETING EXTENSION GUIDE series:
A guide to MARKETING COSTS and how to calculate them 1993, 59 pp. (E F S)
A guide to MAIZE MARKETING for extension officers 1999, 111 pp. (E)
Other titles are planned.
Available in: E - English
F - French
S - Spanish
These publications are available from FAO's Marketing and Rural Finance Service. Suggestions for further publications are welcomed.
For further copies of this publication and for information on FAO's activities related to agricultural marketing please write to:
Marketing and Rural Finance Service Agricultural Support Systems Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy
FAX: (+39-06) 57056850
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