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Videos on YouTubeGross Margin Analysis for Greenhouse Tomatoes:
Size - 15M X 7M, Period - 1 season
a). Green House Construction Cost (Temporary Structure)
| S NO. | ITEMS PROCURED | QUANTITY | UNITS | UNIT COST
KSH |
TOTAL COST KSH | SUB. TOTAL KSH. |
| A | Framework Construction materials | |||||
| Side Posts | 12 | 4m | 250 | 3,000 | ||
| 2. | Midpost | 6 | 5.5m | 350 | 2,100 | |
| 3. | Trusses | 22 | 6m | 150 | 3,300 | |
| 4. | Purlines | 9 | 6m | 150 | 1,350 | |
| 5. | Wallplate | 30 | 6m | 150 | 4,500 | |
| 6. | Wire supporters | 6 | 6m | 150 | 9,000 | |
| 7. | Side supporters | 14 | 6m | 150 | 2,100 | |
| 8. | Doorshade posts | 5 | 2.8 | 150 | 750 | |
| 9. | Polythene fasteners | 60 | 3m | 30 | 1,800 | |
| 10. | Nails | 30 | Kgs | 150 | 4,500 | |
| 11. | Wire smooth/barbed g 12-14 | 1 | roll | 5,000 | 5,000 | |
| 12. | Hoop iron | 10 | Kgs | 120 | 1,200 | |
| Sub total | 38,600 | |||||
| B | Polythene papers g 1000 uv treated | |||||
| a. | Wider roof | 16×6 m | 96m2 | 100 | 9,600 | |
| 2. | Narrower roof | 16×5M | 80m2 | 100 | 8,000 | |
| 3. | Gables | 9×6m | 54m2 | 100 | 5,400 | |
| 4. | Sides | 48×4 m | 192m2 | 100 | 19,200 | |
| a. | Door shade | 4×7m | 28m2 | 100 | 2,800 | |
| 5. | Sub total | 450m2 | 45,000 | |||
| 6. | Planting media | |||||
| 7. | Manure | 1×7 tons | lorry | 1,000 | 7,000 | |
| a. | Sand | 1×7 tons | lorry | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| b. | Charcoal dust | 1×7 tons | lorry | 3,000 | 3,000 | |
| c. | Saw dust | 1×7 tons | lorry | 3,000 | 3,000 | |
| 8. | Sub total | 23,000 | ||||
| a. | Black polythene sheet | 65m | 2m | 100 | 6,500 | |
| b. | Net | 75m | 1m | 150 | 11,250 | |
| c. | Drip irrigation kit | 20,000 | ||||
| d. | Nursery boxes/trays (100×45x10) | 2 | 1 | 500 | 1,000 | |
| e. | Crates | 2 | 600 | 1,200 | ||
| 9. | Sub total | 39,950 | ||||
| a. | Construction and excavation | 10,000 | ||||
| b. | Mixing growing media | 15 md | md | 200 | 3,000 | |
| 10. | Sub total | 13,000 | ||||
| a. | Total construction cost | 159550 | 159550 | 159,550 | ||
| b. | Annual cost = Ksh159,550/5years ( i.e total construction cost per year/season) | 31,910 | 31,910 | |||
b). Gross Margin Analysis:
| 1. | SEASON | 1ST Season | ||
| 2. | INCOME | YIELD | PRICE | INCOME |
| Item sold | Ksh | |||
| 3. | Tomatoes | 6,000 | 30 | 180,000 |
| 4. | Total output | 180,000 | ||
| 5. | VIARABLE COSTS | |||
| 6. | Items procured | Inputs units | Price Ksh/Unit | Expenditure KsH. |
| 7. | DAP | 10 Kgs | 90 | 900 |
| 8. | CA N | 10 Kgs | 70 | 700 |
| 9. | CN | 10 Kgs | 90 | 900 |
| 10. | Foliar feed | 2 lts | 450 | 900 |
| 11. | Seed | 5 gms(1000 seed) | 600 | 3,000 |
| 12. | Synthetic string | 4 Kgs | 500 | 2,000 |
| 13. | Curative Fungicide | 1Kg | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| 14. | Preventive Fungicide | 1Kg | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 15. | Systemic | 1Kg | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| 16. | Contact | 1Kg | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 17. | Management labour | 90 Mds | 200 | 18,000 |
| 18. |
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS |
32,400 |
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| 19. |
GROSS MARGING = TOTAL OUTPUT - VARIABLE COSTS=120,000-34,000 |
147,600 |
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| 20. |
NET PROFIT = G M - ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS = 147,600- 31,910 |
115,690 |
||
| 21. | Net profit /m2 Ksh 115,690/105m2 =1,102 | 1,102 | ||
| 22. | Net profit /acre = 4,047m2 x ksh. 1102/ m2 | 4,459,794 | ||
