Cost of Production & Return of Investment

for Cacao Monocrop (1,100 hills/ha.)

Prepared for the Cacao Doctors’ Training

By
Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao (CIDAMi)
 Simple cost and return of investment of cacao grown as monocrop: 1,100 cacao trees/ha

Item Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

I. CACAO:
A. Fixed Cost 3,500a - 1,100b 400c -
B. Maintenance and Operating Cost
1. Cacao seedlings, 1,100 @ 27,500
P25/seedling (grafted cacao)
2. Organic Fertilizer @ 300/bag 2,400 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000
3. Botanical pesticides/Fertilizer 8,800 11,700 11,100 11,100 11,100
4. Sacks, @ P10 200 600 700
5. Rattan baskets, @ P50 500 600 700

Sub-total 42,200 17,700 20,900 22,700 24,500

Fertilizer applications : year 1 complete fert. @ 6 bags/year plus pesticides

year 2 complete fert. @ 8 bags/year plus pesticides
year 3-5 (yaramila winner & nitrabor @ 7 bags/year) plus pesticides
C. Labor

1. Clearing, 20 md x P200/md 4,000

2. Liming and staking, 4md 800
3. Digging of holes, 10 md 2,000
4. Planting, 40 md 8,000
5. Weeding & mulching 10md 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 800
6. Fertilizing, 4 md 800 800 800 800 800
7. Spraying, 9 md 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,800
8. General weeding, 15 md 3,000 3,000 3,000
9. Pruning, 10 md 2,000 2,000 2,000
10. Harvesting, breaking of pods, 11,000 16,600 22,200

fermenting, drying: 55, 83,

111 md for 3rd, 4th, 5th year.

Sub-total 19,400 4,600 20,600 25,200 30,600

 D. Contingency (10% total cost) 6,120 2,230 4,150 4,790 5,510

E. Total Production cost/1100 cacao 67,320 24,530 45,650 52,690 60,610

trees (as monocrop/ha)

F. Yield & Income from Cacao as

1 Monocrop
a.) Pod/tree 0 8 30 45 60
b.) Dried beans (kg/ha) 0 400 1,500 2,250 3,000
c.) Gross Value (at P110/kg) 0 44,000 165,000 247,500 330,000
d.) Net Income (67,320) 19,470 119,350 194,810 269,390

Assumptions: pod index = 22

a. Sprayer, shovel, hoe, farm tools, etc.

b. Pruning shear, construction of 25 sq.m. solar drier at P40/sq.m.
c. Construction of additional 10 sq.m. concrete solar drier at P40/sq.m.
 Cost of production & return of investment
for cacao-coconut intercrop (600 hills/ha.)
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 Simple cost and return of cacao grown intercropped with coconut: 600 trees/ha.

Item Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

I. CACAO:
A. Fixed Cost 3,500a - 1,100b 400c -
B. Maintenance and Operating Cost
1. Cacao seedlings, 600 15,000
P25/seedling (grafted cacao)

2. Organic Fertilizer @ 300/bag 1,680 4,200 5,600 7,000 8,400

3. Botanical pesticides/Fert. 6,160 8,190 7,770 7,770 7,770
4. Sacks, @ P10 200 600 700
5. Rattan baskets, @ P50 500 600 700

Sub-total 26,340 12,390 15,170 16,370 17,570

C. Labor

1. Clearing, 16 md x P200/md 3,200

2. Liming and staking, 4md 800
3. Digging of holes, 8 md 1,600
4. Planting, 35 md 7,000
5. Weeding & mulching 8md 2,000 1,600 1,600 800 800
6. Fertilizing, 4 md 800 800 800 800 800
7. Spraying, 7 md 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400
8. General weeding, 12 md 2,400 2,400 2,400
9. Pruning, 8 md 1,600 1,600 1,600
10. Harvesting, breaking of pods, 9,000 14,000 20,000

fermenting, drying: 45, 70,

100 md for 3rd, 4th, 5th year.

Sub-total 16,800 3,800 16,800 21,000 27,600

 D. Contingency (10% total cost) 4,314 1,619 3,197 3,737 4,517

E. Total Production cost/600 cacao trees 47,454 17,809 35,167 41,107 49,687
(as intercrop/ha)
F. As Intercrop
a.) Pod/tree 0 12 35 50 70
b.) Dried beans (kg/ha) 0 327 954 1,363 1,909
c.) Gross Value (at 110/kg) 0 35,970 104,940 149,930 209,990
d.) Net Income -47,454 18,161 69,773 108,823 160,303

Assumptions: pod index = 22

a. Sprayer, shovel, hoe, farm tools, etc.

b. Pruning shear, construction of 25 sq.m. solar drier at P40/sq.m.
c. Construction of additional 10 sq.m. concrete solar drier at P40/sq.m.
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VAL TURTUR
Executive Director
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