The cost of plantation has been estimated to be Rs.30000/hectare inclusive of plantation & maintenance for 1 year, training, overheads ect. It includes elements such as site preparation, digging of pits, fertilizer & manure, cost of saplings and planting, irrigation, deweeding, plant protection, maintenance for 1 year i.e. the stage up to which it will start seed production etc. The cost of training, awareness generation, monitoring and evaluation is also included.
Employment Generation and Cost in Jatropha Plantation
| SlNo | Item | Cost (Rs.) | Employment in person days | ||
| Year | Year | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||
| 1 | Site preparation i.e. cleaning and leveling of field 10 Man Days | 600 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Alignment and staking, 5 Man Days | 300 | |||
| 3 | Digging of pits (2500Nos) of 30Cm 3 size @-30 pits per man day, 50 Man days | 3000 | 50 | ||
| 4 | Cost of Manure (including transport) 2 Kg. per pits during 1st Year (2MT) 1kg per pit during second year onward and 2 man Days for each application. | 2000 | 20 | ||
| 5 | Cost of fertilizer @ Rs. 6 per kg (50 gm. Per plant during 1st year and 25 gm from 2nd year onward and 2 Man Days for each application. . | 870 | 495 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Mixing of Manure, insecticides fertilizers and refilling of pits @100 pits per Man Day 25 Man days | 1500 | 25 | ||
| 7 | Cost of plants (including carriage) 3500 Nos. during first year and 500 Nos. of plants during second year for replanting @ Rs. 4 per plant. | 14000 | 2000 | 100 | 20 |
| 8 | Planting and replanting cost 100 plants per Man day. - 25 Man Days and 5 Man Days, respectively | 1500 | 300 | 25 | 5 |
| 9 | Irrigation - 3 irrigation during 1st and one irrigation during 2nd year @ Rs. 500/- per irregation. | 2500 | 500 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Weeding and soil working 10 Man Days X 2 times for 2 years | 1200 | 1200 | 20 | 20 |
| 11 | Plant Protection measure | 300 | 1 | ||
| Sub Total | 22770 | 4495 | 263 | 48 | |
| Contingency (approx. 10% of the above) | 2230 | 505 | |||
| Grand Total | 25000 | 5000 | 263 | 48 | |
