Planning: Farm Activities, Costs of Inputs and Labour

Farm Activity / Date(s) / Costs of Inputs / Family and Hired Labour
No / Description and Operator / Input
Active Ingredient and Pest/Disease Targeted / Unit / Quantity / Price per Unit
(GH¢) / Amount (GH¢) / Unit / Quantity / Value per Unit
(GH¢) / Amount (GH¢)
1 / Make a fire belt
Use a tractor with harrow! / 01 Nov. 2012 / Hired Labour or Services / Contract / 1 / 20.00 / 20.00
Family Labour / Person-days
2 / Scout for sucking insects
Look for mealybugs and scales. Threshold is 5 per acre. Also look for die-back of branches caused tip wilters. / 05 Nov. 2012 / Hired Labour or Services
Family Labour / Person-days / 0.2 / 5.00 / 1.00
3 / Spray against sucking insects if necessary
Get good canopy penetration
Wear protective clothing / 10 Nov. 2012 / Cydim Super
Systemic insecticide
35 ml per 15 ltr of water / 250 ml bottle / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
4 / Spray foliar fertiliser
Get good canopy penetration and good wettening / 10 Dec. 2012 / Boron
(with B, Mo, Mg, Ca)
200 gr per 15 ltr of water / kg / 2 / 12.00 / 24.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
5 / Spray for flower induction
Get good canopy penetration and good wettening / 15 Dec. 2012 / Potassium Nitrate
300 gr per 15 ltr of water / kg / 3 / 4.50 / 13.50 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
6 / 1st combined spray against insects and fungus
Get good canopy penetration
Wear protective clothing / 10 Jan. 2013 / Cydim Super
Systemic insecticide
35 ml per 15 ltr of water / 250 ml bottle / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Pelé
Systemic curative fungicide (propiconazole)
15 ml per 15 ltr of water / 250 ml bottle / 0.5 / 7.50 / 3.75 / Family Labour / Person-days
7 / Scout for insects and fungus Look for sucking and chewing insects (also grasshopper). Anthracnose: Black spots on leaves and new shoots. Threshold: 1 per tree / 05 Feb. 2013 / Hired Labour or Services
Family Labour / Person-days / 0.2 / 5.00 / 1.00
8 / 2nd spray against insects and fungus if necessary / 10 Feb. 2013 / Cydim Super / 250 ml bottle / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Pelé / 250 ml bottle / 0.5 / 7.50 / 3.75 / Family Labour / Person-days
9 / Minor tree pruning
Take out non-fruiting branches / 25 Feb. 2013 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 4 / 5.00 / 20.00
Family Labour / Person-days
10 / 1st spray against weeds
Wear protective clothing / 15 March 2013 / Roundup
Total herbicide
200 ml per 15 ltr of water / 1 ltr bottle / 0.2 / 6.00 / 1.20 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
11 / Spray against fruit abortion
Spray on leaves!
Get good canopy penetration / 15 March 2013 / Fruit Master
NPK (15-10-36) and trace elements. 100 gr per 15 ltr of water / kg / 1 / 4.50 / 4.50 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
12 / Collect dropped fruits
To prevent the development of fruit flies and stone weevils! / 20 March 2013 / Hired Labour or Services
Family Labour / Person-days / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
13 / Spray against Mango Stone Weevil
Spray canopy and stems, wear protective clothing / 15 April 2013 / Agricombi
Contact insecticide
15 ml per 15 ltr of water / ltr / 0.3 / 25.00 / 7.50 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
14 / 1st application of fertiliser
Apply in a circular band under each tree along the border of the shaded area. Bury! / 20 April 2013 / NPK (15-15-15)
15% N, 15% P2O5,
15% K2O / 50 kg bag / 1 / 56.00 / 56.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
15 / Collect dropped fruits / 20 April 2013 / Hired Labour or Services
Family Labour / Person-days / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Farm Activity / Date(s) / Costs of Inputs / Family and Hired Labour
No / Description and Operator / Input
Active Ingredient and Pest/Disease Targeted / Unit / Quantity / Price per Unit
(GH¢) / Amount (GH¢) / Unit / Quantity / Value per Unit
(GH¢) / Amount (GH¢)
16 / Install pheromone traps to scout for fruit flies
Construct 5 traps/acre with plastic bottles. Refill in May and June! Add some contact insecticide. / 25 April 2013 / Methyl Eugenol
with insecticide Akape / 10 ml per filling / 15 / 1.10 / 16.50 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00
Family Labour / Person-days
17 / Spray against fruit fly (every 2 weeks for 4 months)
If more than 6 flies per trap per day. Not within 72 hours before harvest! / 1 May until Aug. 2013 / Agricombi
Contact insecticide
15 ml per 15 ltr of water / ltr / 8 x 0.3 / 25.00 / 60.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 8 x 2 / 5.00 / 80.00
Family Labour / Person-days
18 / 3rd spray against insects and fungus if necessary / 10 May. 2013 / Cydim Super / 250 ml bottle / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Pelé / 250 ml bottle / 0.5 / 7.50 / 3.75 / Family Labour / Person-days
19 / Collect dropped fruits / 20 May 2013 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
20 / 2nd spray against weeds
Wear protective clothing / 25 May 2013 / Roundup
Total herbicide
200 ml per 15 ltr of water / 1 ltr bottle / 0.2 / 6.00 / 1.20 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
21 / Apply manure
Hoe into the soil! / 30 May 2013 / Cattle manure / 25 kg bags / 20 / 3.00 / 60.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
22 / Spray preventive fungicide (every 2 weeks for 2 months)
Spray on fruits and leaves.
Not within 7 days before harvest! / 1 & 20 June,
1 & 20 July / Dithane
Contact fungicide (mancozeb)
50 gr per 15 ltr of water / kg / 4 x 0.4 / 8.00 / 12.80 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 4 x 2 / 5.00 / 40.00
Family Labour / Person-days
23 / Collect dropped fruits / 15 June 2013 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
24 / Harvest every two weeks for two months / 15 & 30 June,
15 & 30 July / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 4 x 4 / 5.00 / 80.00
Family Labour / Person-days
25 / Transport mango to the Collection Centre / 15 & 30 June,
15 & 30 July / Hired Labour or Services / Contract / 4 x 1 / 30.00 / 120.00
Family Labour / Person-days
26 / Major pruning and spray fungicide to protect wounds
Cut off old panicles, cut overgrown branches reaching the ground, allow for sunlight penetration / 10 August 2013 / Dithane / kg / 4 x 0.4 / 8.00 / 12.80 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 8 / 5.00 / 40.00
Family Labour / Person-days
27 / 3rd spray against weeds
Wear protective clothing / 10 Sept. 2013 / Roundup
Total herbicide
200 ml per 15 ltr of water / 1 ltr bottle / 0.2 / 6.00 / 1.20 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
28 / 2nd application of fertiliser
Apply in a circular band under each tree along the border of the shaded area. Bury! / 15 Sept. 2013 / Asasewura
(P, K, Ca; Cocoa fertiliser) / 50 kg bag / 3 / 26.00 / 78.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Family Labour / Person-days
29 / 4thspray against insects and fungus if necessary / 10 May. 2013 / Cydim Super / 250 ml bottle / 1 / 5.00 / 5.00 / Hired Labour or Services / PD / 2 / 5.00 / 10.00
Pelé / 250 ml bottle / 0.5 / 7.50 / 3.75 / Family Labour / Person-days
Total Inputs (GH¢): / 389.20 / Hired Labour or Services / Total (PD): / Total (GH¢): / 575.00
1 PD (Person-day)
= 5 hours of work / Family Labour / Total (PD): / 4.4 / Total (GH¢): / 22.00