Year

Activities

2011

2012

Investment (Fcfa)

Labor

1

land clearing

12,000

2

Tillage

25,000

3

seed sowing

10,000

4

fertilizer application

14,000

5

Pesticide application

10,000

6

Weeding

12,000

7

Second tillage

12,000

8

Harvesting

12,000

8

Transport

12,000

Equipment and inputs purchase

9

fertilizer (200 kg per ha at 250 F/kg)

50,000

10

Pesticides cost for the five treatments

19,600

11

Land (by default)

15,000

12

Small equipment (hoes, cutlass, container)

50,000

13

Cash in total

253,600

Sales (Yield = 1150 kg per ha)

14

sale unit price in 2011 = 204,78 Fcfa per kg

235,497

Net revenue (Fcfa)

15

−18,103