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Plant materials

Chili pepper tree Tree 1200 0.029 34.8
Parsley seeds gram 600 0.01 6.0
Rice straw kilogram 180 0.10 18.0
Fertilizers and substances
killing/ inhibiting growth of
living things (Biocide)
Fermented bio-extracts Liter 120 0.29 34.8
Dolomite kilogram 13.6 0.73 9.93

Dung bag 35 2.5 87.5
Others
Drip line meter 4.6 1.76 8.06

PVC tubes meter 10 0.59 5.9
1,000 liter bucket bucket 1 67.65 67.65
Total expenses of establishing 447.02
the technology (US dollars)

Calculation of costs and expenses

Expenses are calculated per areas using technology (Unit of size and area: 0.04 ha)

The currency used to calculate expenses with the unit as USD
Exchange rate (to US. dollars) 1 US. dollars = 34.0 Baht

Average wage in hiring labor per day is 8.82 USD

Most important factors having effects on expenses

1. Labor costs

3.3 Incomes from selling products and net incomes

In an area of 0.04 ha, chili pepper yields can be collected for 65 kilograms per round on
average. The yields have already been collected for 6 rounds. The selling price is 2.47 USD per

kilogram, obtaining a total of 963.52 USD.

Parsley yields have already been collected for 1 round accounting for 108 kilograms. The
selling price is 4.41 USD per kilogram, obtaining a total of 963.52 USD, obtaining a total of 16,200

Baht.

Total incomes = 963.52+476.47 = 1,439.99 USD
Net income = 1,440-447.97 = 992.03 USD

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