Activities

Unit &/Amount

(Mandays)

Unit cost (T.shs.)

Total variable cost (T.shs.)

Total variable Cost in (US$)

Land preparation

Tractor

60,000

60,000

36.4

Planting per hactre

6

10,000

30,000

18.2

Weeding 3 rounds

10

10,000

100,000

60.6

Crop harvesting per hactre

5

10,000

50,000

30.3

Threshing and processing/100 kg

4

10,000

40,000

24.2

Fertilizer application:

Rhizobial inoculation

2

10,000

20,000

12.12

30 kg P

2

10,000

20,000

12.12

20 kg K

2

10,000

20,000

12.12

Inoculation + 30 kg P + 20 KG K

3

10,000

30,000

18.18

TOTAL

370,000

224.24