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Table 4. Total Labour Cost of Onion and Maize, at Biba District of Beni Suef Governorate, 1986/87 - 1987/88¹

  No. of Man / days Total Labour Cost
Crop & Season  
  Solarized Untreated Solarized Untreated
Onions
1986/87		  
71 61 295 255
Maize
1986187		  
41 38 124 115
Onions
1987/88		  
70 63 270 242
Total 182 162 689 612


1 Source: Collected & calculated from Questionaire Experiment of Solarization at District of Beni Suef Governorate, Biba.

Table 5. Agricultural Inputs of Onions and Maize, Biba District of Beni Suef Governorate, 1986/87-1987/88¹

Treatment Crop
&
Season		 Type
of
Input		 Seed(Kg
or Karat)²		 Nitro-
genous
15.5% 		Phos-
phate
15%		 Pesticide
Litre or
Kg		 Labour
man-
day 		Machines
Hours		 Costs
of
Input
  Onions Physical 1.5 981 100 14 71 8.5 -
1986/87 Monetary 150 85.9 3.5 72.1 295 33 639.4
Maize Physical 15 600 - - 41 10 -
Solarized 1987 Monetary 34.5 50.5 - - 124 50 259
  Onions Physical 2 800 50 6 70 17 -
1987/88 Monetary 200 70 2 36 270 85 663
Total Physical - 2 387 150 20 182 35.5 -
  Monetary 384.5 206.4 5.5 108.1 689 168 1 561.4
  Onions Physical 1.5 987 100 14 61 8.5  
1986/87 Monetary 150 85.9 3.5 72.1 255 33 599.4
Maize Physical 15 600 - - 38 10 -
Untreated 1987 Monetary 34.5 50.5 - - 115 50 250
  Onions Physical 2 800 50 6 63 17 -
1987/88 Monetary 200 70 2 36 242 85 635
Total Physical - 2 387 150 20 162 35.5 -
  Monetary 384.5 206.4 5.5 108.1 612 168 1 484.4


1 Source: Collected & calculated from Questionnaire, Experiment of Solarization on Onions and Maize at Biba District of Beni Suef Governorate.
2 Kirat for onions, Kg for maize.

Table 6. Total Variable costs for Onions and Maize Operation and Gross, and Net Returns, 1986/87 - 1987/88¹

Treatment Crop &
Season 		Harvesting Packing
Trans-
portation 		Cost of
solariz-
ation		 Total
Vari-
able
costs		 Gross
Return		 Income
above
V.C		 Net
Benefit
Cost
Ratio
  Onions  
1986/87 68 20 655 1 294.4 2 100 805.7 0.62
Maize  
1987 18 27 - 259 436.8 177.8 0.69
Solarized  
  Onions  
1987/88 60 33 - 663 2 250 1 587.0 2.39
Total 146 80 655 2 216.4 4 786.8 2 570.4 1.16
Onions  
1986/87 40 8 12 611.4 675 63.6 0.10
Maize  
1987 15 21 - 250.1 291.2 41.1 0.17
Untreated  
  Onions  
1987/88 40 25 - 635 1 750 1 115 1.76
Total 95 54 12 1 496.5 2 716.2 219.7 0.82


1 Source: Collected & calculated from Questionaire, Experiment of Solarization on Onions and Maize at Biba District of Beni Suef Governorate.

Table 7. Statistical Test of Difference Between Solarized and Untreated Plots for Gross Return, Costs, and Income Above Variable Costs for the Three Crops¹

Item

Mean

 T for the
differences
between S & U
Solarized(S) Untreated(U)
Gross Return (L.E.) 1595.6 905.4 0.95
Labour (man/day) 60.7 54.0 0.52
Labour Cost (L.E.) 229.6 204.00 0.10
Cost of inputs (L.E.) 520.5 494.8 0.14
Variable Costs (L.E.) 738.8 498.8 0.73
Income Above Variable  
Costs, (L.E.) 856.8 406.6 0.83
Significance at 0.05 - - N.S.


1 Source: Collected & calculated from Tables 4, 5, 6.

Table 8. Cost of Production Income Above Variable Costs and Net Benefit/Cost Ratio for Solarized and Untreated Plots

  Item Onions
1986/87		 Maize
1986/87		 Onions
1987/88		 Total
current
prices		 Discount
Rate 15%
Solarized  
  Variable
cost (L.E.) 651.4 259 663 1573.4 -
Solarization
cost (L.E) 643 - - 643 -
Rent for Maize
"Darawah" 50 - - 50 -
Total variable
cost (L.E.) 1344.4 259 663 2266.4 1913.5
Gross Return
(L.E.) 2100 436.8 2250 4786.8 4464.6
Income Above Variable
Costs (L.E.) 755.6 177.8 1587 2520.4 2551.1
Net Benefit/
Cost Ratio 0.56 0.69 2.39 1.11 1.33
Untreated  
  Variable cost
(L.E.) 611.4 250.1 635 1496.5 1293.8
Gross Return
(L.E.) 675 291.2 1750 2716.2 2601.8
Income Above Variable
Costs (L.E.) 63.6 41.1 1 115 1219.66 1308.0
Net Benefit/
Cost Ratio 0.10 0.17 1.76 0.82 1.01


1 Source: Tables 5 and 6.

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