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PROFITABILITY OF FARMING ONE (1) ACRE OF OPV MAIZE AGRIBUSINESS UNIT |
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Agroecological zone: |
Northern savanna |
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Region : |
Upper West |
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District: |
Sissala East |
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Location: |
Tumu |
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Crop : |
Maize OPV |
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Date of data collection: |
20/06/2022 |
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Activity/Iterm |
UNIT OF MEASURE |
QUANTITY |
UNIT COST (GH¢) |
FREQUENCY |
TOTAL (GH¢) |
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A) LAND RENT |
Acre |
1 |
200 |
1 |
200.00 |
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C) LAND PREPAPRATION |
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- |
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Mannual |
mandays |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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Chemical |
mandays |
1 |
30 |
1 |
30.00 |
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ploughing |
Acre(tractor) |
1 |
200 |
1 |
200.00 |
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E) PLANTING |
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- |
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Rolling |
Manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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planting |
Manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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H) WEED CONTROL |
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- |
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• Chemically selective |
Manday |
1 |
30 |
1 |
30.00 |
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• Manual |
Manday |
3 |
30 |
1 |
90.00 |
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I) PESTS CONTROL |
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- |
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spraying (fall army worm/stem borrer ) |
Manday |
1 |
30 |
2 |
60.00 |
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K) FERTILIZER APPLICATION |
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- |
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• NPK |
Manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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• Urea |
Manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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L) HARVESTING |
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- |
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harvest |
Manday |
4 |
30 |
1 |
120.00 |
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Gather at central point |
Manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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Shelling |
machine |
1 |
300 |
1 |
300.00 |
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treating and bagging |
manday |
2 |
30 |
1 |
60.00 |
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Transportation and storage |
Bag |
12 |
10 |
1 |
120.00 |
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INPUTS |
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• Seed |
kg |
10 |
8 |
1 |
80.00 |
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• Hiring of Tarpaulines |
Dailly |
1 |
5 |
3 |
25.00 |
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• Cutlass |
single |
1 |
30 |
1 |
30.00 |
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• Wallingboots |
pair |
1 |
60 |
1 |
60.00 |
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• Weedicides(land clearing) |
liter |
1 |
50 |
1 |
50.00 |
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• Weedicides(pre emergence) |
liter |
1 |
60 |
1 |
60.00 |
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insecticide |
ml(200) |
0.5 |
50 |
1 |
25.00 |
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• NPK |
Bag(50Kg) |
2 |
450 |
1 |
900.00 |
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• UREA |
Bag(50Kg) |
1 |
430.00 |
1 |
430.00 |
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Total production cost |
3,230.00 |
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• Contigency (5% of Total production cost) |
161.50 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
3,391.50 |
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REVENUE |
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Number of bags harvested /acre………...x |
13 |
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Weight / bag (kg) |
100 |
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Price / bag…………….z |
300 |
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Total Income = (x* z |
3,900.00 |
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Profit /Loss |
508.50 |
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ROI(%) |
14.99 |
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