Economics of cocoon production
Economics of cocoon production
Establishment costs of mulberry garden (First year)
| Sl. No. | Particulars | Value (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ploughing operations | 1500.00 |
| 2 | Final land preparation | 400.00 |
| 3 | Farm yard manure (8 tones) @ Rs.500/T. | 4000.00 |
| 4 | Mulberry plants- 6000 saplings @ Rs.0.50/sapling | 3000.00 |
| 5 | Making trenches with tractor (4hr) and planting | 2200.00 |
| 6 | Fertilizer (100 kg Ammonium sulphate; 125 kg Single super phosphate and 35 kg Murate of photash) | 1036.00 |
| 7 | Fertilizer application charges | 120.00 |
| 8 | Irrigation | 1500.00 |
| 9 | Hoeing/Weeding 3 times | 1800.00 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous expenditure | 500.00 |
| Total | 16056.00 |
Maintenance of mulberry garden (II year onwards)
| Sl. No. | Particulars | Value (Rs.) |
|---|---|---|
| A. | Operational costs | |
| 1 | Farm yard manure (8 Tonnes) | 4000.00 |
| 2 | Fertilizer cost @ (600 kg Ammonium sulphate; 300 kg Single super phosphate and 80 kg Murate of potash) | 5538.80 |
| 3 | Manure and fertilizer application | 1200.00 |
| 4 | Irrigation water cost | 5000.00 |
| 5 | Irrigation | 3600.00 |
| 6 | Weeding | 3400.00 |
| 7 | Shoot harvest | 7200.00 |
| 8 | Pruning and cleaning of plants | 600.00 |
| 9 | Land revenue | 50.00 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous | 500.00 |
| 11 | Interest on working capital | 621.78 |
| Total variable cost | 31710.58 | |
| B. | Fixed costs | |
| Apportion cost of establishment of mulberry garden | 1070.42 | |
| Total leaf production cost | 32781.00 | |
| Total cost/kg of leaf | 1.64 |
Building and rearing assets for 300 dfls
| Sl. No. | Rearing building/equipment | Number / Quantity required | Rate (Rs) | Value (Rs) | Life span | Depreciation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUILDINGS | ||||||
| 1 | Late age rearing house including Chawki and shoot store room(sq. ft) | 1300 | 250.00 | 325000.00 | 30 | 10833.33 |
| 2 | Veranda (Sq.ft) | 300 | 50.00 | 15000.00 | 15 | 1000.00 |
| Total | 340000.00 | 11833.33 | ||||
| Equipments | ||||||
| 1 | Power sprayer | 1 | 6000.00 | 6000.00 | 10 | 600.00 |
| 2 | Mask | 1 | 2000.00 | 2000.00 | 5 | 400.00 |
| 3 | Room heater | 3 | 750.00 | 2250.00 | 5 | 450.00 |
| 4 | Humidifier | 3 | 1500.00 | 4500.00 | 5 | 900.00 |
| 5 | Gas flame gun | 1 | 500.00 | 500.00 | 5 | 100.00 |
| 6 | Egg transportation bag | 1 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 5 | 30.00 |
| 7 | Chawki rearing stands | 2 | 500.00 | 1000.00 | 10 | 100.00 |
| 8 | Wooden rearing trays | 24 | 150.00 | 3600.00 | 10 | 360.00 |
| 9 | Feeding stands | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 5 | 20.00 |
| 10 | Leaf chopping board | 1 | 250.00 | 250.00 | 5 | 50.00 |
| 11 | Knives | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 2 | 25.00 |
| 12 | Leaf chamber | 1 | 1000.00 | 1000.00 | 5 | 200.00 |
| 13 | Ant well | 42 | 25.00 | 1050.00 | 5 | 210.00 |
| 14 | Chawki bed cleaning nets | 48 | 20.00 | 960.00 | 5 | 192.00 |
| 15 | Litter basket / Vinyl sheets | 2 | 250.00 | 500.00 | 2 | 250.00 |
| 16 | Plastic basins | 2 | 50.00 | 100.00 | 2 | 50.00 |
| 17 | Leaf collecting basket | 2 | 50.00 | 100.00 | 2 | 50.00 |
| 18 | Shoot rearing rack (45 ft X 5 ft, 4 tier) | 2 | 1500.00 | 3000.00 | 10 | 300.00 |
| 19 | Nylon net | 1 | 1500.00 | 1500.00 | 5 | 300.00 |
| 20 | Rotary mountage | 105 | 240.00 | 25200.00 | 5 | 5040.00 |
| 21 | Plastic incubation frame | 6 | 50.00 | 300.00 | 5 | 60.00 |
| 22 | Plastic buckets | 2 | 50.00 | 100.00 | 2 | 50.00 |
| Total | 54210.00 | 9737.00 | ||||
| Grand total | 394210.00 | 21570.33 |
Cost and returns structure in silkworm rearing
| Sl.No | Particulars | Cost/revenue |
|---|---|---|
| A. | Variable Costs | |
| 1 | Leaf | 32781.00 |
| 2 | Dfls (1500 dfls) | 4200.00 |
| 3 | Disinfectants | 7425.00 |
| 4 | Labour (@ 25 MD/100 dfls) | 16875.00 |
| 5 | Transportation and marketing | 1580.00 |
| 6 | Other costs | 500.00 |
| 7 | Interest on working capital | 305.80 |
| Total variable costs | 63666.80 | |
| B. | Fixed costs | |
| Depreciation on building and equipments and interest on fixed costs | 21570.33 | |
| Total costs | 85237.13 | |
| C. | Revenue | |
| Cocoon yield | 60.00 | |
| Average cocoon price | 120.00 | |
| Cocoon production | 900.00 | |
| Income from cocoon | 108000.00 | |
| Income from by-products | 5400.00 | |
| Total revenue | 113400.00 | |
| Net revenue | 28162.87 | |
| Benefit: cost ratio | 1.33 |
Source: Central Sericulture Research & Training Institute, Mysore
Last Modified : 3/1/2020
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