cultivation expenses
Ploughing – 1500
Manure & fertilizers- 3000
Nursery expenses - 2000
Work force
A) Planting - 1000
B) Weeding/ top dressing - 2000
C) Watering - 4000
D) Harvest - 1000
E) Chopping, drying and packing. – 500
F) Transport – 1000
Other expenses - 2000
Total – 18000/ acre.
Tulsi current price Rs 30/ kg, expected yield 1.5 ton expected yield dry leaves/year /acre
45000 - 15000 = 3000/acre.
Bhumiamala (it can be grown during February – may or June- Aug,
Current price 45/kg dry herb. You can harvest the crop with in 4 months, expected yield 1.5 tons
72000 – 15000 = 57,000. If you are successful for 2season cultivation, you can get more than 1 lakh per year.
Kalmeg
Current price 32/kg expected yield 1.5 ton dry herb/acre/year
48000 – 15,000 = 33000.
Demand for kalmeg is more and also if the assay is more per kg price will be more, there is scope to get more yields by doing multiple harvest with in a year.