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MEDICINAL PLANTS

Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martineae)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

Sl. No.	Item	I year	II	III	IV	Total
1	Land levelling, Ploughing etc.	1000	-	-	-	1000
2	Seeds planting material	2500	-	-	-	2500
3	Fertilizers & Pesticides	1000	1000	1000	1000	4000
4	Weeding and irrigation	1000	500	500	500	2500
5	Cost of processing (Rs.50/ kg.) for 40 kg.	2000	2500	2500	2500	9500
6	Sub total	7500	4000	4000	4000	19500
7	Contingencies 10%	750	400	400	400	1950
8	Total	8250	4400	4400	4400	21450
	Yield (kg.)	40	50	50	50	190
	Total Income @450/ kg.	18000	22500	22500	22500	85500
	Net Income	9750	18100	18100	18100	64050

Kalihari ( Gloriosa superba )

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

S.No.	Items	I	II	III	IV	V
1	Land preparation and ploughing Cost of planting material	1,000	-	-	-
2	(16500 Nos. or 825 kg. corms) @ 5/kg. or Rs.100/ kg.	82,500	-	-	-	-
3	Planting & weeding, etc. (50 MDS/ year)	2,500	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
4	Props stacking (Rs.1/ plant)	17,000	-	17,000	-	17,000
5	FYM and pesticides etc. (5 tonnes @2001 tonne)	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
6	Cost of irrigation	800	800	800	800	800
7	Harvesting of seeds and digging of corms/ bulbs, etc.	500	500	500	500	500
	Sub-total	106,800	5,800	22,800	5,800	22,800
8	Contingencies 10%	10,680	580	2,280	580	2,280
	Total	117,480	6,380	25,080	6,380	25,080
	Yield & Income
	i. Seeds (kg.)	150	200	250	300	400
	@500/ kg.	75,000	100,000	125,000	150,000	200,000
	ii. Corms/ bulbs (kg.)					3000
	3000/ kg. @40/ kg.					120,000
	Total income	75,000	100,000	125,000	150,000	320,000
	Net income	-42,480	93,620	99,920	143,620	294,920
						=589600

Mulethi (Liquorice) (Glycyrriza glabra)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

S.No.	Items	I	II	III	IV	V
1	Land levelling, ploughing,etc. Cost of seed/ planting	1,000	-	-	-	-
2	Material (1 x 1 m), 4000 root cullings @ 50 paise	2,000
3	Fertilizers & Pesticides	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
4	Cost of planting	1,000
5	Weeding, hoeing, irrigation	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
6	Cost of harvesting, drying, grading, etc.	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
7	Sub-total	9,500	5,500	5,500	5,500	5,500
	Contingencies 10%	950	550	550	550	550
	Total	10,450	6,050	6,050	6,050	6,050
	Yield and Income
	Yield Kg. dry			3,000	3,000	3,000
	Total Income @30/ kg.			90,000	90,000	90,000
	Net Income	-10,450	-6,050	67,450	83,950	83,950

Senna ( Cassia angustifolia)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

S.No.	Items	I	II	III	IV	V
1	Land preparation & Ploughing	1,000	-	-	-	-
2	Cost of seeds (4 kg.) @200/ kg.	800	-	-	-	-
3	Sowing of seeds	200	-	-	-	-
4	Cost of FYM & pesticides etc.	1,000	-	-	-	-
5	Weeding, hoeing, etc.	500	500	500	500	500
6	Cost of harvesting (pods and leaves)	500	500	500	500	500
7	Cost of drying/packing material (gunny bags) loading & unloading, etc.	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
	Sub total	5,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
	Contingencies 10%	500	200	200	200	200
	Total	5,500	2,200	2,200	2,200	2,200
	Yield & Income
	i. Leaves (kg.)	'( 400)	'(400)	'( 400)	'( 400)	'( 400)
	@ 20/kg.	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000
	ii. Pods	'(100)	'( 1 00)	'(100)	'(100)	'(100)
	@ 30/ kg.	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
	Total Income	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11 ,000
	Net Income	5,500	8,800	8,800	8,800	8,800

Kalmegh (Andrographis peniculata )

Cost of cultivation, yield and income/ acre

S.No.	Items	Cost
1	Land preparation and ploughing	1,000
2	Cost of seeds & planting material @1000/ kg.	1,000
3	Cost of planting	1,000
4	FYM and pesticides ( 5 tonnes )	2,000
5	Weeding & irrigation, etc.	1,000
6	Harvesting, grading & packing etc. (all parts)	1,000
7	Sub-total	7,000
8	Contingencies 10%	700
	Total	7,700
	Yield and income
	Yield (kg.)	1,500
	Income @10/ kg.	15,000
	Net income	7,300

Buch (Acorus calamus )

Cost of cultivation, yield and income/ acre

S. No.	Items	Cost
1	Land preparation & ploughing, etc.	1,000
2	Cost of planting material (45,000 rhizome peaces @40 paise/ peace)	18,000
3	FYM & pesticides, etc. 6 tonne/ acre @ 250/ tonne	2,000
4	Cost of planting, weeding, etc.	1,500
5	Cost of harvesting, cleaning, grading, packing, etc.	2,500
	Sub-total	25,000
	Contingencies 10%	2,500
	Total Cost	27,500
	Yield & income
	Yield (Quintals)	'(16)
	Income (a) Roots 2500/ quintal	40,000
	(b) Rhizomes for planting material	25,000
	Total	65,000
	Net income	37,500

Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon flexusosus)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

Sl. No.	Item	I year	II	III	IV	V	Total
1	Land levelling, Ploughing etc.	1000	-	-	-	-	1000
2	Seeds/ planting material (15,000 slips) @60-70 paise/ slip	10000	-	-	-	-	10000
3	Fertilizers & Pesticides (5 trolley FYM and 500 kg Neem cake)	2500	2500	2500	2500	2500	12500
4	Weeding and irrigation	1000	500	500	500	500	3000
5	Cost of processing (Rs.50/ kg)	5000	7500	7500	7500	7500	35000
	Sub total	19500	10500	10500	10500	10500	61500
7	Contingencies 10%	1950	1050	1050	1050	1050	6150
8	Total	21450	11550	11550	11550	11550	67650
	Yield (kg)	100	150	150	150	150
	Income @400/ kg	40000	60000	60000	60000	60000	280000
	Net Income	18550	48450	48450	48450	48450	212350

Satawar (Asperagus recemosus)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre*

S.No.	Items	I	II
1	Land levelling, fencing, ploughings, etc.	2,000	-
2	Seeds planting material 5000 plants seedlings	5,000
3	Cost of planting (60 x 60 cm)	2,000
4	Fertilizers & pesticides (5 trolley, FYM and 500 kg. Neem cake)	2,500
5	Weeding and irrigation	2,000	500
6	Cost of harvesting! digging		2,000
7	Cleaning, drying, packing		2,000
8	Sub-total	13,500	4,500
9	Contingencies 10%	1,350	450
10	Total	14,850	4,950
	Yield and Income
	i. Yield (quintal)		350
	Green weight		350
	Dry weight (quintals)		35
	ii. Income		70,000
	@ 2000/ quintal dry		70,000
	Net income		50,000

* Harvesting/ digging after 18 months.

MENTHA (Mentha arvensis)

Cost of cultivation, yield and income per acre

SI. No.	Item	I year	II	III	IV	V	Total
I	Land levelling, Ploughing, etc.	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	5000
2	Seeds/ planting material (100-120 kg. suckurs) @Rs.5/ kg.	5000	-	-	-	-	5000
3	Fertilizers & Pesticides (5 trolley. FYM and 500 kg. Neem cake)	2500	2500	2500	2500	2500	12500
4	Weeding and irrigation	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	5000
5	Cost of processing (Rs.50/ kg.)	5000	5000	5000	5000	5000	25000
6	Sub total	14500	9500	9500	9500	9500	52500
7	Contingencies 10%	1450	950	950	950	950	5250
8	Total	15950	10450	10450	10450	10450	57750
	Yield & Income
	i: Sale of oil (100 kg.) @ Rs.300/ kg.	30000	30000	30000	30000	30000	150000
	ii. Sale of seeds (2000 kg. (@25/ kg,)	50000	50000	50000	50000	50000	250000
	Total Income	80000	80000	80000	80000	80000	400000
	Net Income	64050	69550	69550	69550	69550	342250

Citronella (Cymbopogon winte rianus)

Cost of cultivation. yield and income per acre

Sr.No	Item	I year	II	III	IV	V	Total
1	Land levelling, Ploughing etc.	1000	-	-	-	-	1000
2	Seeds/ planting material (22,000 slips) @ 50 paise/ slip	11000	-	-	-	-	11000
3	Fertilizers & Pesticides(5 trolley. FYM and 500 kg. Neem cake)	2500	2500	2500	2500	2500	12500
4	Weeding and irrigation	1000	500	500	500	500	3000
5	Cost of processing (Rs.50/ kg.)	4000	5000	5000	5000	5000	24000
6	Sub total	19500	8000	8000	8000	8000	51500
7	Contingencies 10%	1950	800	800	800	800	5150
	Total	21450	8800	8800	8800	8800	56650
8	Yield (k.)	80	100	100	100	100	480
	Total Income @300/ kg.	24000	30000	30000	30000	30000	144000
	Net Income	2550	21200	21200	21200	21200	87350

Tippali (Piper longum)

Cost of cultivation, yield & income per acre

Sl.No.	Items	I	II	III	IV	V
1	Land prep. & ploughing and sowing of sesberica/ caster beans, etc. for props.	1000	-	-	-	-
2	Cost of seeds/ planting material (cuttings 25,000 @0.40/ cutting	10000	-	-	-	-
3	Cost of planting (60 MDs)	3000	-	-	-	-
4	FYM & pesticides (15 tonnes @250/ tonne)	4000	1000	1000	1000	1000
5	Weeding, irrigation, etc.	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
6	Harvesting, grading, packing	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000
7	Sub-total	21000	4000	4000	4000	4000
8	Contingencies 10%	2100	400	400	400	400
9	Total	23100	4400	4400	4400	4400
	Yield & Income
	Seeds (kg.)	(500)	(600)	(600)	(600)	(600)
	@80/ kg.	40000	48000	48000	48000	48000
	Roots (kg.)	-	-	-	-	(100)
	@150/ kg.	-	-	-	-	15000
	Total Income	40000	48000	48000	48000	63000
	Net Income	16900	43600	43600	43600	58600

Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivilanium)

Cost of cultivation, yield & income per acre

S.No.	Item of Expenditure	Amount (Rs.)
A	Expenditure per acre
1	Site clearing, preparation of land/beds, furrows bunds, etc.	2,000
2	Weeding - Twice and Irrigation	2,000
3	Planting Materials 5 quintals per acre @Rs.400/- per kg.	200,000
4	Cost of manure and its application - 10 trolleys @ Rs.500/- per trolley	3,000
5	Cost of chemical fertlisers and plant protection	1,000
6	Preparation of green and mulching	2,000
7	Expenditure on planting / sowing	2,000
8	Extrction of roots and its washing	2,000
9	Miscellaneous Expenses	1,000
10	Skinning of musli, drying etc. @Rs.25/- per kg for 400 kgs.	10,000
	Total Expenditure	225,000
B	Income per acre
1	Sale of 4 quintals dried musli @ Rs.600/- per kg.	240,000
2	Gains in the form of planting materials 2.5 quintals @ Rs.400/- per kg.	100,000
	Total Income	340,000
C	Net Profit per acre
1	(B) minus (A)	115,000

Notes
1. The left-over roots and fingers after the removal of musli are used as planting materials.
2. M/s. Yogeshwar Ayurvedic Co. at Junagarh in Gujarat, Mittal Musli farm in Jalgaon in Maharashtra, etc. provide free training to the farmers for musli cultivation.
3. Marketing of musli is not a problem in view of its huge domestic and international demand.
4. The economics would marginally vary depending on the quality of land and planting materials as also on the package of practices adopted by the farmers.

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