Detailed Crop Cost Calculations USAID - ADVANCE Project, June 2012 The table below indicates the estimated costs per hectare and acres for RICE production in Northern Ghana in the 2012 cultivation season Estimated Average Costs of Production for Rain-fed Rice Crop in 2012 Season in Northern Region Price per Price per Price per Acre Acre Hectare Price per Correctly Actually Correctly Hectare Activity Cost Grown Grown Grown Actually Grown Cost of Land Cost of plowing (range Ghc 35 35 86.45 86.45 average Ghc 35.00 Cost of land preparation 35 86.45 0 (double harrowing) Cost of land preparation (using 70 172.9 0 power tiller) irrigation Cost of Certified Seed (40kg at 35 35 86.45 86.45 .875 Ghc/kg) Cost of labor for sowing (10 20 20 49.4 49.4 people / day) Cost of SRI 100 247 Cost of Weedicide chemical 13 13 32.11 32.11 (second application) Cost of Fertilizer (2 bags NPK at Ghc 39 each + Urea 1 bag Ghc 113 113 279.11 279.11 35) Scaring 60 20 148.2 49.4 Cost of Weedicides (1 liter per 6 6 14.82 14.82 acre Ghc 6 each) Cost of Services (spraying/advisory/information) 10 10 24.7 24.7 spraying Ghc 5-8 / acre x 2 Cost of harvesting at the field 120 120 296.4 296.4 (combine)
Detailed Crop Cost Calculations USAID - ADVANCE Project, June 2012 The table below indicates the estimated costs per hectare and acres for RICE production in Northern Ghana in the 2012 cultivation season Estimated Average Costs of Production for Rain-fed Rice Crop in 2012 Season in Northern Region Activity Cost Price per Acre Correctly Grown Price per Acre Actually Grown Price per Hectare Correctly Grown Price per Hectare Actually Grown Cost of Land Cost of plowing (range Ghc average Ghc 35.00 35 35 86.45 86.45 Cost of land preparation (double harrowing) 35 86.45 0 Cost of land preparation (using power tiller) irrigation 70 172.9 0 Cost of Certified Seed (40kg at .875 Ghc/kg) 35 35 86.45 86.45 Cost of labor for sowing (10 people / day) 20 20 49.4 49.4 Cost of SRI 100 247 Cost of Weedicide chemical (second application) 13 13 32.11 32.11 Cost of Fertilizer (2 bags NPK at Ghc 39 each + Urea 1 bag Ghc 35) 113 113 279.11 279.11 Scaring 60 20 148.2 49.4 Cost of Weedicides (1 liter per acre Ghc 6 each) 6 6 14.82 14.82 Cost of Services (spraying/advisory/information) spraying Ghc 5-8 / acre x 2 10 10 24.7 24.7 Cost of harvesting at the field (combine) 120 120 296.4 296.4
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