Table 3 : Cost (TT$) of production for 0.

4 hectare (1 acre) of hot pepper

Material & Supplies Total Operational Cost Equipment
Total
Investment
Qty (Sub-total2) Kind Unit Unit Cost ($) QTY Cost (sub total 3) Cost
Tractor & Blade hr $100.00 8 $800.00 $800.00
Tractor & Blade hr $100.00 4 $400.00 $400.00
Tractor & Blade hr $100.00 4 $400.00 $400.00
500 $6,000.00 $6,432.00 Tractor hr $100.00 2 $200.00 $6,632.00
4 $600.00 $1,050.00 $1,050.00
Tractor day $350.00 1 $350.00 $350.00
Tractor day $350.00 2 $700.00 $700.00
$860.00 Spraycan no. $500.00 1 $500.00 $1,360.00
$800.00 irrigation sys 1 acre $21,000.00 1/3 $7,000.00 $7,800.00
$400.00 Tractor & Blade roll $4,500.00 7 $31,500.00 $31,900.00
$1,906.00 $2,552.00 Tractor $2,552.00
$300.00 $750.00 no. $25.00 6 $150.00 $900.00
$750.00 $5,250.00 Tractor $5,250.00
$3,000.00 $3,000.00 Tractor no. $348.00 1 $348.00 $3,848.00
781 $981.00 $981.00 $981.00

NOTES AND ASSUMPTIONS

Item #5:Fertiliser broadcast after ploughing prior to harrowing
Item #9: Spread cost over 3 years ($12,000/3) for drip irrigation system
Item # 11:High plant population density-spacing 30"x25"
Item #12:Fertiliser applied 2 weeks after transplanting,banded around plants
Item #13:50% of fertilizer applied at flowering and repeated at fort-nightly intervals for the duration of the croppping season
Item #15:Cytokin 125ml x 5 bottles x $23.00=$115.00
Floedimex 1 litre X 3 bottles X $222.00=$666.00