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    Cost of Cultivation of Cardamom (Kerala) : ND RD

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    This document provides information on the cost of cultivating cardamom over three years in Kerala and Karnataka. It details the labor expenses, materials costs, and total cost of cultivation for 1 hectare of land over each of the three years. It also provides yield projections showing expected cardamom production in kilograms for each year. Finally, it lists the average auction prices received per kilogram of cardamom in each state over recent seasons.

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    This document provides information on the cost of cultivating cardamom over three years in Kerala and Karnataka. It details the labor expenses, materials costs, and total cost of cultivation for 1 hectare of land over each of the three years. It also provides yield projections showing expected cardamom production in kilograms for each year. Finally, it lists the average auction prices received per kilogram of cardamom in each state over recent seasons.

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    This document provides information on the cost of cultivating cardamom over three years in Kerala and Karnataka. It details the labor expenses, materials costs, and total cost of cultivation for 1 hectare of land over each of the three years. It also provides yield projections showing expected cardamom production in kilograms for each year. Finally, it lists the average auction prices received per kilogram of cardamom in each state over recent seasons.

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    Cost of Cultivation of Cardamom (Kerala) : ND RD

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    COST OF CULTIVATION OF CARDAMOM ( KERALA )

    1 hectare : 1000 plants


    Spacing : 10 X 10 feet
    Wage rate : Rs. 235/- per labour per day
    I . LABOUR
    Sl.No Particulars I year II year
    Labour Expenses Labour Expenses
    1 Clearing site 40 9400 -- --
    2 Marking lines 8 1880 -- --
    3 Making Roads / Foot paths 10 2350 4 940
    4 Taking drain 7 1645 -- --
    5 Shade regulation 21 4935 11 2585
    6 Taking pits 73 17155 -- --
    7 Filling pits 36 8460 8 1880
    8 Planting/Staking/ Mulching 29 6815 -- --
    9 Manuring 26 6110 41 9635
    10 Weeding 61 14335 69 16125
    11 P.P. operation 32 7520 39 9165
    12 Digging 45 10575 54 12690
    13 Irrigation 38 8930 58 13630
    14 Gap filling -- -- 6 1410
    15 Maintaining drainage & foot -- -- 4 940
    paths
    16 Harvesting & Processing -- -- 72 16920
    17 Trashing -- -- -- --
    TOTAL 426 100110 366 86010

    II. MATERIALS
    Sl.No. Name of the component I year II year
    1 Cost of planting materials (1100 nos.) (@ 11,000 880
    Rs.10/-)
    2 Cattle Manure @ 5 tonnes during first year, @ 15,000 16,500
    5.5 t during 2nd and 3rd years @ Rs. 3/Kg
    3 Neem /Ground nut cakes, bone meal, 20,000 20,000
    vermicompost etc. @ 1 kg. Per plant @ Rs. 20
    4 Fertilisers:-
    I year 25:25:50 NPK 2,000 3,100
    II year @ 40:40:80 and
    III year @ 75:75:150
    5 P.P. Chemicals 1,500 3,500
    TOTAL 49,500 43,980
    GRAND TOTAL 1,49,610 1,29,990
    TOTAL COST OF CULTIVATION 2,79,600/-
    YIELD PROJECTIONS OF CARDAMOM / Ha

    Year of Planting Average Yield (Kg/ Ha)


    I Year NIL
    II Year 147 Kg
    III Year 500 Kg
    IV Year 650 Kg

    WEIGHTED AVERAGE AUCTION PRICES OF CARDAMOM SMALL IN KERALA


    FOR THE SEASON 2007-08 TO 2013-14

    Year Average Price in Rs./ Kg


    2007-08 503.48
    2008-09 538.16
    2009-10 876.62
    2010-11 968.22
    2011-12 645.61
    2012-13 686.89
    2013-14 617.60
    COST OF CULTIVATION FOR CARDAMOM – KARNATAKA

    Unit _ 1 ha.
    No. of plants – 3000 per ha.
    Wage rate – Rs. 192/- per labour per day
    Gestation period : 3 years

    Sl. Particulars I year II year III year


    No.
    Labour Expenses Labour Expenses Labour Expenses
    1 Clearing site 30 5760 -- -- -- --
    Alignment &
    2 10 1920 -- -- -- --
    Pegging
    Foot path and
    3 10 1920 -- -- -- --
    drainage
    4 Shade regulation 20 3840 -- -- -- --
    5 Opening the pits 60 11520 -- -- -- --
    6 Filling the pits 30 5760 -- -- -- --
    7 Shade regulation 20 3840 10 1920 10 1920
    8 Manuring 20 3840 25 4800 30 5760
    Planting/staking/
    9 20 3840 4 768 2 384
    Mulching
    10 Irrigation 20 3840 25 4800 25 4800
    11 weeding 50 9600 40 7680 40 7680
    12 P.P.Operation 18 3456 20 3840 25 4800
    13 Digging 45 8640 -- -- -- --
    14 Gap filling -- -- 5 960 2 384
    15 Trashing -- -- -- -- 5 960
    Harvesting and
    16 -- -- -- -- 30 5760
    Processing
    Total 353 67776 129 24768 169 32448

    II. MATERIALS
    No Component I year II year III year
    Input Expenses Input Expenses Input Expenses
    1 Cost of planting 3000 nos 15000 300 nos 1500 150 nos 750
    materials @ Rs. 5.00)
    2 Fertilizer 2642 4234 7950
    3 P.P.Chemicals 916 1633 2615
    4 Organic manure 10000 10000 10000
    5 Neem cake ---- ----- 10000
    6 Fuel/electricity for 2500 500 2500
    irrigation
    TOTAL 31058 19867 33815
    GRAND TOTAL 98834 44635 66263
    TOTAL COST OF 2,09,732.00
    CULTIVATION
    YIELD PROJECTIONS OF CARDAMOM / Ha

    Year of Planting Average Yield (Kg/ Ha)


    I Year NIL
    II Year NIL
    III Year 110 Kg
    IV Year 350 Kg
    V year 420 Kg

    WEIGHTED AVERAGE AUCTION PRICES OF CARDAMOM SMALL IN


    KARNATAKA FOR THE SEASON 2008-09 TO 2013-14

    Year Average Price in Rs./ Kg


    2008-09 414.62
    2009-10 600.10
    2010-11 796.41
    2011-12 450.08
    2012-13 460.44
    2013-14 410.51

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