Potato and Tuber Crops

Cost of Cultivation of Tapioca

Table 1 The cost of cultivation per hactare of tapioca during the year 2001-02

Sl No.	Components of different cost concepts	Cost per haectare (Rs)	% distribution of cost "A"
1	Hired human labour	16274	62.59
2	Animal labour	13	0.05
3	Machine labour	300	1.15
4	Seed/seedlings	517	1.99
5	Farmyard manure and chemical fertilizers	5322	20.47
6	Plant protection	79	0.30
7	Land tax and irrigation charges	39	0.15
8	Repair and maintainance charges	133	0.51
9	Interest on working capital	2348	9.03
10	Other expenses	978	3.76
11	Total costs 'A' (1-10)	26003	100.00
12	Interest on fixed capital	1426
13	Cost 'B1' (11+12)	27429
14	Interest on land value	93442
15	Cost 'B' (13+14)	120871
16	Inputed value of household labour	2424
17	Cost 'C' (15+16)	123295

• For cultivating one hectare of tapioca an amount of Rs 16274/- that is 63% Cost ‘A’ is expended as hired human labour cost. Whereas machine labour cost is below 1.15% of total Cost ‘A’. Expenditure towards farmyard manure and chemical fertilizers accounts to 20% of cost’ A’. Seedling cost also showed are increasing trend.
• The percentage of hired human labour hours engaged in tapioca cultivation to the total labour hours is given below

Table 2 Percentage distribution of hired human labour hours.

Sex	Holding Size Class
	Small	Medium	Large	All Size
Male	52.2	60.21	54.96	56.43
Female	8.95	13.96	37.34	21.96
Total	61.15	74.17	92.30	78.39

• The proportion of hired human labour hours to total human labour is seen as increasing with the increase is the size of holding.

Cost ‘B1’ and Cost ‘B’

• In tapioca cultivation interest on fixed capital is seen as Rs. 1426/- during the year under review, when compared to the previous yeas Cost ‘B’ increased from Rs 26811 to 27429. Where as cost ‘B’ is estimated as Rs 120871 during this year.

Cost ‘C’

• Cost ‘C’ is estimated by adding the imputed value of house holding labour to cost ‘B’.
• It is estimated as Rs. 123295 during 2001-02.

B. Value of Out put.

• Value of out put of tapioca during 2001-02 is found to be Rs 31651/-