Establishment: Costing
Typical costings (Rossi et al, Unpublished) of some of the above operations for the first 12 months are summarized in the table below:
|
Work Operations
|
Cost (RM/ha)
|
|||
|
Estate A
|
Estate B
|
Estate C
|
Average
|
|
| Legume planting |
252.00
|
260.68
|
173.30
|
228.66
|
| Holing and planting |
531.71
|
618.08
|
497.39
|
549.06
|
| Circle spraying |
107.99
|
96.65
|
155.11
|
119.92
|
| Spot spraying |
71.06
|
60.47
|
261.83
|
131.12
|
| Legume purification |
180.00
|
211.50
|
Not available
|
195.75
|
| Decreeping |
211.14
|
15.96
|
50.42
|
92.51
|
|
Total
|
1353.9
|
1263.34
|
1138.05
|
1317.01
|