Economic Analysis for Farm to Market Road

1. Computation of Economic Cost:

a. Program of Works (POW)

** If POW is not available kindly provide the following:
Estimated cost of the following:
1.a Materials
1.b Equipment
1.c Labor (cost for Skilled and Unskilled)
1.d Overhead, Contingencies and Miscellaneous (OCM)
1.e Contractor’s Profit

2. Maintenance Cost

a. Estimated budget on the following:

2.a Vegetation control
2.b Cleaning and repair of culverts
2.c Clearing of ditches
2.d Climatic loss of gravel

3. Length of the proposed road

4. Vehicle Operating Cost worksheet

a. Type of vehicles that traverse the proposed road (from the Traffic Survey report)
b. Number of vehicles that traverse the proposed road per vehicle type (from the Traffic Survey report)
c. Number of days in a month/year the vehicles (per type) traverse the proposed road? (survey from the
driver/owner of the vehicle --- you may conduct your survey also during the traffic survey)
d. Type of road?
3.a Paved road in good condition
3.b Paved road in bad condition
3.c Graveled/earth road in good condition
3.d Graveled/earth road in bad condition

5. Savings in Output Hauling

a. Current hauling cost of the agricultural products in the area? Per sack/kilo? (through survey from the
farmers in the area, driver of the vehicles offering hauling services to agricultural products, owner of the
animal haulers or available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)
b. Crops within the area? (through site visits within the area, interview with the farmers/residents within the
area and available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)
c. Area planted per crop type – in hectares (through site visits within the area, interview with the
farmers/residents within the area and available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist and
MEASURING USING GOOGLE MAP – after the proposed road was geotagged)
d. Percentage of harvested crops brought to Poblacion/market (interview with the farmers within the area
and available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)
e. Farm gate price per crop type (interview with the farmers within the area and available data from the
Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)

6. Savings in Input Hauling

a. Volume of mineral fertilizer (per crop type) brought to Poblacion (interview with the farmers within the
area and available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)
b. Volume of seeds (per crop type) brought to Poblacion (interview with the farmers within the area and
available data from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)

7. Savings in travel time for commuters

a. Population within the area (based on the survey within the area and available data from the MPDC)
b. Population growth rate (Available data from the MPDC)
c. Estimated percentage of economically active population in the area (based on the survey within the area
and available data from the MPDC)
d. Current travel time – Station 0 to end of the proposed road (based on your site visit in the area)
e. Assumed travel time with the project (based on estimates from the MEO)
f. Average labor cost per day (Available data from the MPDC)

8. Benefits of newly cultivated agricultural land

a. Area of idle land within the proposed road that can be cultivated after the completion of the project –
land with potential to be an agricultural area but are not cultivated due to the bad condition of the road.
(through survey with the MAO)
b. Type of crop/s that can be cultivated within the area. (through survey with the MAO)
c. Farm gate price (Php/sack) per crop type (Available data from the MAO)
d. Land development cost per crop type (Available data from the MAO)
e. Production cost per crop type (Available data from the MAO)

9. Savings in Transport Losses

a. Current spoilage rate of crops (interview with the farmers within the area and available data from the
Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)
b. Estimated spoilage rate with the project (interview with the farmers within the area and available data
from the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist)