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Expenses of watermelon and Kilograms 2 117.65 235.29 100.0
corn planting plots
Total expenses of establishing 1,811.76
the technology

Calculation of costs and expenses

Expenses are calculated to technology-based areas (Unit of size and area: 2.4 ha)
(1 hectare = 1 ha = 6.25 rai )

The currency used to calculate expenses has the unit as Baht

Exchange rate (to US. dollars) 1 US. Dollars = 34.0 Baht
Average wage in hiring labor per day is 8.52 USD

Most important factors having effects on expenses

1. Costs of agricultural materials, increasing prices of chemical fertilizers
- In the past (2017), each sack cost 29.41 USD.

- Currently, each sack costs 47.06 USD

As a result, the cost of expenses has increased 294.12 USD annually.
2. Labor costs account for 211.77 USD.

3. Rice seed costs account for 58.82 USD .

2.Maintenance costs

% of
All
Expenses expenses
expenses
Inputs Unit Quantity per unit per inputs incurred
(USD) by land
(USD)
users
Labor
Weed removal/fertilizer ha 13 183.81 2389.69 100.0
application/rice harvesting/ rice
threshing
Equipment, fertilizers and
substances killing/ inhibiting
growth of living things (Biocide)
Price of 16-16-8 chemical Sack 3.0 44.12 132.35 100.0
fertilizers

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