DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

REGIONAL FIELD OFFICE NO. 02

HIGH VALUE CROPS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
COST STRUCTURE
PEPPER
AS OF OCTOBER 22, 2024

NOTE: This was based on the output from the Cost Structure Workshop last July 26-27, 2021
We will be conducting BY PROVINCE COST STRUCTURE because the prices (MD,MAD,MMD), practices, primming
and yield/production are different from each Provinces

UNIT COST
PARTICULARS UNIT QTY
(Php)
A. Labor Inputs
1. Land preparation
a. 1st passing (plowing) MMD 1 2,000.00
b. 2nd passing (harrowing) MMD 1 2,000.00
c. Furrowing MAD 3 700.00
2.Transplanting MD 15 350.00
3. Basal Fertilization MD 4 350.00
4. Care of the plants
a. Watering/ Furrow Irrigation MD 20 350.00
b. Weeding & cultivation MD 20 350.00
c. Side dressing of fertilizer MD 8 350.00
d. Drenching of Fertilizer MD 10 350.00
e. Hilling up MAD 4 700.00
f. Control of pest & diseases MD 12 350.00
5. Harvesting, sorting & packing MD 60 350.00
6. Hauling MAD 5 700.00
Sub Total
B. Material Inputs
1. Seeds (50 grams/can) can 4 600.00
2. Fertilizer
- Complete (14-14-14) bag 2 1,200.00
Ammonium Sulfate (21-0-0) bag 1 700.00
- Organic fertilizer bag 20 250.00
Foliar Fertilizer kg 2 350.00
-Muriate of Potash (0-0-60) bag 2 1,200.00
Calcium Nitrate bag 1 1,650.00
3. Insecticides ltr 3 850.00
Fungicides pack 2 400.00
4. Fuel liter 50 50.00
5. Miscellaneous (straw, sprayer, roll bag etc.)

Sub Total
Sub Total (A & B)
C. CONTINGENCY
(Percentage of A & B)
D. TOTAL PRODUCTION COST
 Estimated Gross Income kg 15,000 15.00
Estimated Gross Margin ₱
Break even price ₱
Break even yield/ha kg
Return on Investment (ROI)
Farm gate Price Transport Cost Mark -Up Price
E. Distribution Cost
(Php) (Php) (Php)
a. Farm Gate Price

15.00
b. Farm to NVAT 2.00
c. NVAT Wholesaler to Viajeros 2.00
d. Viajeros to Divisoria, Manila 2.00 3.00
1. Disposer 2.00
2. Wholesaler 5.00
3. Retailer 10.00

Assumptions:
Man - Day (MD) at Php 350.00
Man - Animal Day (MAD) at Php 700.00
Man - Machine Day (MMD) at Php 2,000.00/passing per hectare
Source:
- Farmers from the Municipality of Aurora, Roxas, Mallig and Quezon, Isabela
- HVCDP Package of Technology (POT), DA RFO 02 (2020)
- NVAT Price Monitoring and Distribution Cost, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya (June 15, 2021)
a. Transport Cost to Metro Manila is estimated at Php 2.00/kg for 20 tons load truck and Php 3.00 - 5.00/kg for 5-15
tons load.up Price is determined based on prices of vegetables, at Php 10-20.00/kg for high value and while Php
b. Mark-
2.00 -3.00/kg
c. Mark for low
- up Price at value vegetables
Divisoria , Manilasubject to theasavailability
is assumed follows: of supply at NVAT.
- Disposer - at Php 2.00/kg
- Wholesaler - at Php 5.00/kg
- Retailer - at Php 10.00/kg
7, 2021
MMD), practices, primmings

AMOUNT Cost per kg

(Php) (Php)

0.24
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,100.00
5,250.00 0.21
1,400.00 0.06
1.09
7,000.00
7,000.00
2,800.00
3,500.00
2,800.00
4,200.00
21,000.00 0.84
3,500.00 0.14
64,550.00 2.58

2,400.00 0.10
0.32
2,400.00
700.00
5,000.00
700.00
2,400.00
1,650.00
2,550.00 0.10
800.00
2,500.00 0.10
5,000.00 0.20

26,100.00 0.82
90,650.00 3.40

9,065.00 0.36
99,715.00 3.77
 225,000.00
125,285.00
3.99
6,647.67
125.64%
Total Total price/kg/
(Php) marketing layer

15.00
2.00 17.00
2.00 19.00
5.00 24.00
2.00 26.00
5.00 31.00
10.00 41.00

Php 3.00 - 5.00/kg for 5-15

gh value and while Php
LABOR INPUTS
Man Days Rate Food Total
Land Preparation
Grasscutter 5 1 500.00 185.00 3,425.00

Cleaning 2 1 500.00 185.00 1,370.00

Rotavator 2 1 500.00 185.00 1,370.00

Bed Preparation 2 2 500.00 185.00 2,740.00

Malching 2 1 500.00 185.00 1,370.00
Cutting/Hole 2 2 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
Transplanting
Planting 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
Fertilization
Organic 1 1 500.00 185.00 685.00

After 10 days of Transplanting 2 1 500.00 185.00 1,370.00

Every 10 days 2 5 500.00 185.00 6,850.00

Pesticides -
1 day after transplanting 1 0.5 500.00 185.00 342.50

Every 4 days within 5o days 1 6 500.00 185.00 4,110.00

During Harvesting 2 1.5 500.00 185.00 2,055.00

Watering/Irrigation -
Every 3 days (16 times in 6.5 mos., hal 1 65 250.00 185.00 28,275.00
Harvesting (16 times) -
1st 500 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
2nd 1200 6 1 500.00 185.00 4,110.00
3rd 1500 6 1 500.00 185.00 4,110.00
4th 1000 6 1 500.00 185.00 4,110.00
5th 800 6 1 500.00 185.00 4,110.00
6th 800 6 1 500.00 185.00 4,110.00
 7th 500 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
8th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
9th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
10th 500 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
11th 450 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
12th 550 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
13th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
14th 250 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
15th 200 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
16th 100 4 1 500.00 185.00 2,740.00
Hauling Cost 9,550.00 2.00 19,100.00
Marketing Cost 9,550.00 21.00 200,550.00
Depreciation

329,782.50
5,000.00
65.96
MATERIALS INPUT
Particulars Days Price Qty Total

Fuel 5.00 60 3 900.00

Rent 5.00 300 1 1,500.00
-
Fuel 2 60 4 480.00
Rent 2 300 1 600.00
-
Plastic Malch 1850 3 5,550.00
-
-
Seedlings 200 45 9,000.00
-
16-20-0 1,500.00 0.5 750.00
Organic 1,000.00 0.5 500.00
14-14-14 1,500.00 0.2 300.00
Humus 350.00 6 2,100.00
Fuel 60.00 1.5 90.00
Rent 300.00 1 300.00
Yara 2,800.00 1 2,800.00
Nitroboron 2,000.00 0.2 400.00
Fuel 60.00 7.5 450.00
Rent 300.00 5 1,500.00
-
Fungicide 430.00 1 430.00
Insecticide/Abe 1,100.00 0.5 550.00

Agrimic 1,100.00 1 1,100.00

Pegasus 1,000.00 1 1,000.00
Bulldock 800.00 0.5 400.00
Torogi 700.00 1 700.00
Cumulus 450.00 1 450.00
Fuel 60.00 9 540.00
Rent 300.00 6 1,800.00
Agrimic 1,100.00 1.5 1,650.00
Fungicide/Dacunil 450.00 2 900.00
Fuel 60.00 4.5 270.00
Rent 150.00 3 450.00
-
-
-
Bulldock 800 3 2,400.00
Pegasus 1000 3 3,000.00
Agrimic 1100 3 3,300.00
Dacunil 1800 2 3,600.00
Cocide 1200 1 1,200.00
Calcium Nitrate 900 1 900.00
Crop Giant 230 6 1,380.00
Rent 300 16 4,800.00
Fuel 60 24 1,440.00
Labor 685 36 24,660.00
Packaging Mats 12 740.00 8,880.00
-
-
-
-
-
Transpo

93,020.00
5,000.00 148.00 per hill
18.60 84.56
- 63.44 Diff

Gross Income 1,146,000.00

Total Production Cost 422,802.50
Net Income 723,197.50
ROI 1.71
BEP-Price 44.27
BEP-Volume 3,523.35
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other Expenses

Seedlings
LABOR INPUTS
Man Days Rate Food
Land Preparation
Grasscutter 5 1 500.00 185.00

Cleaning 2 1 500.00 185.00

Rotavator 2 1 500.00 185.00

Bed Preparation 2 2 500.00 185.00

Malching 2 1 500.00 185.00
Cutting/Hole 2 2 500.00 185.00
Transplanting
Planting 4 1 500.00 185.00
Fertilization
Organic 1 1 500.00 185.00

After 10 days of Transplanting 2 1 500.00 185.00

Every 10 days 2 5 500.00 185.00

Pesticides
1 day after transplanting 1 0.5 500.00 185.00

Every 4 days within 5o days 1 6 500.00 185.00

During Harvesting 2 1.5 500.00 185.00

Watering/Irrigation
Every 3 days (16 times in 6.5 mos., hal 1 65 250.00 185.00
Harvesting (16 times)
1st 500 4 1 500.00 185.00
2nd 1200 6 1 500.00 185.00
3rd 1500 6 1 500.00 185.00
4th 1500 6 1 500.00 185.00
5th 800 6 1 500.00 185.00
6th 800 6 1 500.00 185.00
 7th 500 4 1 500.00 185.00
8th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00
9th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00
10th 500 4 1 500.00 185.00
11th 450 4 1 500.00 185.00
12th 550 4 1 500.00 185.00
13th 400 4 1 500.00 185.00
14th 250 4 1 500.00 185.00
15th 200 4 1 500.00 185.00
16th 100 4 1 500.00 185.00
Hauling Cost 9,550.00 2.00
Marketing Cost 9,550.00 21.00
Depreciation
 MATERIALS INPUT
Financial Cost Economic Cost Particulars Days Price Qty Financial Cost

3,425.00 2,055.00 Fuel 5.00 60 3 900.00

Rent 5.00 300 1 1,500.00
1,370.00 822.00 -
1,370.00 822.00 Fuel 2 60 4 480.00
Rent 2 300 1 600.00
2,740.00 1,644.00 -
1,370.00 822.00 Plastic Malch 1850 3 5,550.00
2,740.00 1,644.00 -
-
2,740.00 Seedlings 200 45 9,000.00
-
685.00 16-20-0 1,500.00 0.5 750.00
Organic 1,000.00 0.5 500.00
1,370.00 14-14-14 1,500.00 0.2 300.00
Humus 350.00 6 2,100.00
Fuel 60.00 1.5 90.00
Rent 300.00 1 300.00
6,850.00 Yara 2,800.00 1 2,800.00
Nitroboron 2,000.00 0.2 400.00
Fuel 60.00 7.5 450.00
Rent 300.00 5 1,500.00
- -
342.50 Fungicide 430.00 1 430.00
Insecticide/Abe 1,100.00 0.5 550.00

4,110.00 Agrimic 1,100.00 1 1,100.00

Pegasus 1,000.00 1 1,000.00
Bulldock 800.00 0.5 400.00
Torogi 700.00 1 700.00
Cumulus 450.00 1 450.00
Fuel 60.00 9 540.00
Rent 300.00 6 1,800.00
2,055.00 Agrimic 1,100.00 1.5 1,650.00
Fungicide/Dacunil 450.00 2 900.00
Fuel 60.00 4.5 270.00
Rent 150.00 3 450.00
- -
28,275.00 -
- -
2,740.00 Bulldock 800 3 2,400.00
4,110.00 Pegasus 1000 3 3,000.00
4,110.00 Agrimic 1100 3 3,300.00
4,110.00 Dacunil 1800 2 3,600.00
4,110.00 Cocide 1200 1 1,200.00
4,110.00 Calcium Nitrate 900 1 900.00
 2,740.00 Crop Giant 230 6 1,380.00
2,740.00 Rent 300 16 4,800.00
2,740.00 Fuel 60 24 1,440.00
2,740.00 Labor 685 36 24,660.00
2,740.00 Packaging Mats 12 740.00 8,880.00
2,740.00 -
2,740.00 -
2,740.00 -
2,740.00 -
2,740.00 -
19,100.00 Transpo
200,550.00

329,782.50 93,020.00
5,000.00 5,000.00
65.96 18.60
-

Gross Income 1,146,000.00

Total Production Cost 422,802.50
Net Income 723,197.50
ROI 1.71
BEP-Price 44.27
BEP-Volume 3,523.35
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 Other Expenses
Economic Cost

Seedlings
148.00 per hill
84.56
63.44 Diff
TOMATO PRODUCTION
Alfonso Castaneda
October 21-25, 2024
Interviewed By: Sir Sherwin
Notes By: Aldrin Galang
Interviewee: Jayson D. Ebardaloza
Variety : Diamond Max

LABOR INPUTS
Rate
(inc.
Man Days food) Food
Land Preparation
Grass Clearing 10 1 600
Rotavator 1 1 800
Punla Preparation 1 1 600
Bed Preparation
Malching 4 1 600
Butasin ang Malch 2 1 600
Transplanting
Planting 5 1 600
Replacement of Missing Hills 1 1 600
Fertilizer Application
Chicken Dung (Before Transplanting) 1 1 600
14 DAT 3 1 600

28 DAT 3 1 600

After 14D (after 28DAT) 3 1 600

During Reproductive (Panagbunga) 3 24 600

Pesticides Application
During Transplanting/ Right After 1 0.5 600

7 DAT (Before Buras) 1 0.5 600

Every 4 Days 2 35 600

Irrigation Whole Duration (35+12) 2 47 600

Harvesting Every 3 days (45 times) 1 144 600
Runu/Leting Pasok - Runu 5 1 600
Galut Leting 10 1 600
Delivery/ Hauling
Miscellaneous
Total
 MATERIALS INPUT

Total Particulars Days Price Qty Total

6,000.00
800.00 Rent 1 2,500.00 1 2,500.00
600.00 Punla 1 128.00 40 5,120.00
- -
2,400.00 Malching Bag 1 1,700.00 3 5,100.00
1,200.00 -

3,000.00
600.00
- -
600.00 Chicken Dung/Organic 1 200.00 30 6,000.00
1,800.00 16-16-16 1 2,400.00 1 2,400.00
- Yara Winner 1 2,800.00 2 5,600.00
1,800.00 Yara Winner 1 2,800.00 2 5,600.00
- Calcium Nitrate 1 2,500.00 1 2,500.00
1,800.00 Yara Winner 1 2,800.00 2 5,600.00
- Calcium Nitrate 1 2,500.00 1 2,500.00
43,200.00 Yara Winner 1 2,800.00 3 8,400.00
- Calcium Nitrate 1 2,500.00 3 7,500.00
- 16-16-16 1 2,400.00 3 7,200.00
- -
300.00 Furadan 1 100.00 3 300.00
- Sevin 1 230.00 0.25 57.50
300.00 Dethane 1 780.00 1 780.00
42,000.00 Mancozeb 1 400.00 1 400.00
- Nordox 1 2,400.00 1 2,400.00
- Kocide 1 1,200.00 1 1,200.00
- Funguran 1 750.00 1 750.00
- Abamectin 1 2,400.00 3 7,200.00
- GuardMax 1 1,800.00 1 1,800.00
56,400.00 -
86,400.00 -
3,000.00 Runu 1 2.00 5000 10,000.00
6,000.00 Leting 1 75.00 10 750.00
- Per Kilo 1 14.00 13,706.00 191,884.00
 - -
258,200.00 283,541.50

Gross Income 890,890.00

Total production Cost 541,741.50
Net Income 349,148.50

ROI 0.64
BEP - Price 39.53
BEP - Volume 8,334.48
Other Expenses

1 7 3
2 7 3
3 14 3
4 14 3
5 28 5
6 26 5
7 35 5
8 36 5
9 40 5
10 41 5
11 38 5
12 36 5
13 28 5
14 25 5
15 22 5
16 20 3
17 18 3
18 18 3
19 15 3
20 14 3
21 13 3
22 12 3
23 10 3
24 9 3
25 7 3
26 7 3
27 5 3
28 5 3
29 5 3
30 6 3
31 6 3
32 5 3
33 7 3

34 7 3
35 4 2
36 4 2
37 4 2
38 3 2
39 3 2
40 3 2
41 3 2
42 3 2
43 3 2
44 2 1
45 2 1
623 144
PIPINO PRODUCTION
Alfonso Castaneda
October 21-25, 2024
Interviewed and Notes By: Aldrin M. Galang
Interviewee: Irine De Jesus/Messenger:Stienner Dolce

Basis of Interview: 2 cans:.5 Ha

LABOR INPUTS
Rate
(inc.
Man Days food) Food Total
Land Preparation
Clearing 2 2 500 2,000.00
Cultivator 1 1 800 800.00
Kama 1 2 500 1,000.00
Planting Planting 2 1 500 1,000.00
Fertilizer During/Before Planting 2 1 500 1,000.00
-
14 DAT 2 1 500 1,000.00
21 DAT 2 1 500 1,000.00
40-45 DAT 2 1 500 1,000.00
Pesticides Starting 14 DAT (every 3 days) 1 26 500 13,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
Irrigation Every 3 days 1 30 500 15,000.00
Harvesting 62 1 500 31,000.00
Transportation 1 40,131.00 6 240,786.00
-
Sub-Total 308,586.00
GRAND TOTAL -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
MATERIALS INPUT Other Expenses

Particulars Days Price Qty Total

Fuel 1 200 1 200.00

-
2 cans 1 1675 2 3,350.00
Chicken Dung 1 180 5 900.00
16-20-00 (2 kls) 1 2800 0.04 112.00
16-20-00 (15 Kg) 1 820 1 820.00
16-20-00 (15 Kg) 1 820 1 820.00
Nitrobor(per kg) 1 60 15 900.00
Torogi 1 780 1 780.00
Lannate 1 1700 1 1,700.00
Foliar 1 680 1 680.00
Bulldock 1 1100 1 1,100.00
Magnum 1 650 1 650.00
Dethane 1 850 1 850.00
Sticker 1 1180 1 1,180.00
-
Sacks 1 15 171.5 2,572.50
-
-
16,614.50
325,200.50
-
Gross Income 535,080.00
Total Production Cost 325,200.50
Net Income 209,879.50 0.65
-
ROI 0.65
BEP - Price 48.62
BEP - Volume 4,065.01
Other Expenses

Harvest
Harvesting - Labor 1 4
2 6
3 6.5
4 8
5 12
6 12
7 25
8 28
9 35
10 18
11 7
12 6
13 3
14 1
Sacks 171.5
Sack (Kg) 39
kgs 6,688.50
Market Pri 80
₱ 535,080.00
LABOR -MAN
2
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
8
8
4
4
2
1
62
ONION PRODUCTION
Alfonso Castaneda
October 21-25, 2024
Interviewed By: Sir Sherwin
Notes By: Aldrin Galang

LABOR INPUTS
Rate
(inc.
Man Days food) Food
Land Preparation
Clearing 1 1 400

Planada/Punla 1 1 400
Kuliglig/rotavator 1st 1 0.5 400
2nd 1 0.5 400
3rd 1 0.5 400
Levelling (Patag)
Kalabaw 1 1 800
Establishment of Drainage Canal 1 1 400
PLANTING
Bunot (per bundle) 1 180 20
Transplanting 10 1 400
IRRIGATION
Weekly 13 0.5 400

WEEDING
Manual- Weeding, Throughout 2 1 400
PESTICIDES
Spray (During Land Prep) 1 1.5 400
Pre Emergence 1 0.5 400

Post Emergence 1 1.5 400

During Seedbed ang Throughout Growing 8 0.5 400

FERTILIZER APP Seedlings Prep (Same with who prepared seedbed)

During Land Prep 1 1 400

Unang Sabog 1 1 400

14 DAT 1 0.5 400
24 DAT 1 1 400
29 DAT 1 1 400
 Foliar - Exel 1 2 400
Ferti-K 1 1 400
HARVESTING
Bunot 6 1 400
Hauling 80 1 20
MISCELLANEOUS Fee
 MATERIALS INPUT

Total Particulars Days Price Qty Total

400.00 Rent 1 600 1 600.00

- Fuel 1 60 2 120.00
400.00 -
200.00 -
200.00 -
200.00 -

800.00 -
400.00 -
- -
3,600.00 2 cans - See 1 2800 2 5,600.00
4,000.00 -
- -
2,600.00 Fuel 13 60 2 1,560.00
- Rent 1 1000 1 1,000.00
- -
800.00 -

600.00 Round-up 1 450 1.5 675.00

200.00 Ronstar 1 750 1 750.00
- Machete 1 350 1 350.00
600.00 Select 1 950 1 950.00
- Agil 1 700 1 700.00
- Goal 1 1200 1 1,200.00
1,600.00 Torogi 1 870 1 870.00
- Cabrio 1 4400 0.5 2,200.00
- Prevaton 1 870 1 870.00
- Solomon 1 450 1 450.00
- Malathion 1 250 1 250.00
Sevin 1 280 1 280.00
- Organic 1 400 1 400.00
400.00 Organic 1 400 10 4,000.00
- Hauling 1 20 10 200.00
400.00 16-20-0 1 1570 1 1,570.00
200.00 25 kls Urea 1 1720 0.5 860.00
400.00 14-14-14 1 1720 1 1,720.00
400.00 17-0-17 1 1800 1 1,800.00
 800.00 Exel 1 800 1 800.00
400.00 Ferti-K 1 350 1 350.00
- -
2,400.00 -
1,600.00 Materials 1 15 80 1,200.00
5,000.00 -
28,600.00 31,325.00

Gross Income ₱ 76,000.00

Total production Cost ₱ 59,925.00
Net Income ₱ 16,075.00 27% 0.211513

BEP - Price 25.50

BEP - Volume 1,712.14
Other Expenses
 bags kg price
Goods 70 30 35 73,500.00
Small 10 25 10 2,500.00
76,000.00
2100
250
2350