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Small Farm Plan - 1/4 Cantaloupe Melon - Drip Gravity system - Guyana Green house

Set up cost (Gravity system)

 

Note

Area

0.25

1/4 of an Acre

Item

Cost US dollar

 

UVA Plastic to cover a size of 40 feet by 150

$2,700

 

Drip lines + Connectors + Filter 

$450

 

Wood and other construction tools

Local purchase

Green house sketch 

Water tank 500gal

$100

 

Insect net

$750

 

PVC PipeMain Pipes

$150

 

Pump

$350

 

 

 

 

Total set up

$4,500

Does not include work and wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cantaloupe Melon

 

 

acres

0.25

 

Growth Time In weeks

10

 

Harvest Time in Weeks

3

 

Sales prices ton FOB USD

1,300

Class A

Tone/ yield/ 0.25 acre

2.5

 

Repetition

-

 

 

 

 

variable costs

 

 

concept / crop

Cantaloupe Melon

 

land preparation

$50

Tiller is needed

fertilizers

$218

 

seeds/plants

$100

 

irrigation ( water)

$260

 

plastic mulch

$150

 

plant protection

$156

 

labor

$910

 

direct costs - sub-total

$1,844

 

adminis.+ manag.+overhead

0

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sub-total

$1,844

 

land  transportation

$50

 

packing / cooling + material

$150

 

TOTAL var. costs

$2,044

 

 

 

 

Net Income per acre

Cantaloupe Melon

 

income

$3,250

 

total var. costs

$2,044

 

net income

$1,206

 

 

 

Green house sketch 

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