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Profitability Analysis for Maize (Hybrid)

MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
POLICY PLANNING MONITORING AND EVALUATION DIRECTORATE (PPMED)
AGRIBUSINESS UNIT

 
 
 

AGRO ECOLOGICAL ZONE

SOUTHERN GHANA (EJURA)

NAME OF COMMODITY

MAIZE (HYBRID FOR 1 CROPPING SEASON) MAJOR SEASON

DATE OF DATA COLLECTION

OCTOBER, 2020

 

UNIT/MANDAYS/ CONTRACT

UNIT COST (GH¢)

FREQUENCY

TOTAL (GH¢)

A) LAND RENT

1

100.00

1

100.00

B) LABOUR COST

       

I) LAND PREPARATION

       

• Land Clearing

       

√ Mechanical (Tractor)

1

120.00

1

120.00

√ Chemical (Application)

1

35.00

1

35.00

• Ploughing

1

120.00

1

120.00

• Harrowing

1

60.00

1

60.00

II) PLANTING / SOWING

       

• Lining and Pegging/Sowing

1

80.00

1

80.00

III) WEED CONTROL

       

• Manual

1

15.00

1

15.00

• Chemicals

1

30.00

1

30.00

IV) FERTILIZER APPLICATION

       

• NPK

2

25.00

1

50.00

• Urea

1

25.00

1

25.00

V) PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL

       

• FAW

1

30.00

1

30.00

VI) HARVESTING

       

• Harvest

1

70.00

1

70.00

• Gather at central point

1

70.00

1

70.00

• Cart to barn

1

100.00

1

100.00

VII) POST HARVEST

       

• Shelling

1

10.00

20

200.00

• Bagging

1

5.00

20

100.00

INPUTS

QUANTITY

     

• Weedicides -selective

1

28.00

1

28.00

• Weedicides -non selective

1

15.00

1

15.00

• Pesticide

1

40.00

1

40.00

• Fertilizer

       

√ NPK (50Kg) (Subsidy)

1

84.00

1

84.00

√ Urea (Subsidy)

1

80.00

1

80.00

• Cutlass

1

25.00

1

25.00

• Tarpaulin**

4

20.00

1

80.00

• Sacks

20

2.50

1

50.00

• Baskets

4

10.00

1

40.00

• Rope (Line )

2

4.00

1

8.00

• Nose mask

1

15.00

1

15.00

• Gloves

1

20.00

1

20.00

• Knap sack**

1

10.00

1

10.00

• Hoe

1

20.00

1

20.00

• Wellington boots*

1

10.00

1

10.00

• Shovel

1

7.00

1

7.00

• Seed (Subsidy)

9

5.00

1

45.00

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

     

1,782.00

REVENUE

       

Number of bags harvested Acre (x)

1

20

1

20.00

Average weight of bag

1

130

1

 

Price per bag (z)

1

150.00

1

150.00

Total Income (x.z)

     

3,000.00

Net Profit (Loss)

     

1,218.00

Return On Investment (R.O.I) (%)

     

68.35

*Depreciated Amount
* *Hiring cost per season
Crop Enterprise Profitability Analysis on Maize (Hybrid) for One Acre of Farm Land. Data for maize was collected from selected farmers in the Mampong Municipal and Ejura-Sekyedumase District respectively using set of questionnaires.
*Two teams comprising of staff from the Agribusiness Unit and the Statistics Research and Information Directorate were formed to collect the data from the field.

 

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