Republic of the Philippines

Mindanao State University

Maigo School of Arts and Trades
Lanao del Norte

ESTIMATING FARM INPUTS AND LABOR REQUIREMENTS

1. Visit a vegetable Farm near to your Home or School.

It was Friday afternoon April 30,2021 at exact 9 am, I visited one of the farm
here in Buru-un namely Las Cidas farm. Due to pandemic I had only limited time to
talk to the owner because they are strict when it comes to safety protocols we had
only a 30-minute conversation for the reason they had an important appointment.
The following are the data that I have gathered.
A. Area
The owner said that the total area of their land is 2 hectares and half of it was
their organic plant such as Miracle Fruit, Gran berry etc. However there are
approximately 400 Square Meter for their vegetable farm. The following are
the data I have gathered.

DATA

B. Crop C. Age of Crop

Eggplant 5 -month old

Ampalaya 5 -month old

Okra 5 -month old

D. Quantity of Planting Materials

Eggplant 60-pack seed (35 seeds each pack)

Ampalaya 120g of Condor Quality seeds Ampalaya

Tomato 90-pack seed (15 seeds each pack)

E. Number of Workers Prepared the Land

Responsible Responsible for Responsible for putting the

for cleaning digging quality soil soil to the pot
 the area

No. of No. of workers No. of workers

workers

4 people 4 people 2 people

Total: 10 people

F. Number of Days Consumed in Preparing the Land

Cleaning Digging of quality Putting the soil to the Pot

the Area soil
(Mangguna)

2 day 1 week 3 days

Total: 12 days (Depending on the weather Condition)

G. Amount of Salary given to each worker in the land

preparation

Amount of Salary per Day Total

200 Pesos (Free lunch and Snacks) 5400 Pesos excluded the
rest day (Sunday)

H. Number of Worker Planted the Area

200 Square -Meter Land for Vegetable

Total: 10 people

I. Number of Days Consumed in Planting the Area

Putting the seeds to Transplantation Putting fertilizers

the Pot of the seeds (2
(Germination months after)
Process)

3 days 1 week 1 day

Total: 11 days

J. Amount of Salary Paid in the Planting Area

- Each worker has given 200 pesos per day. These people are
responsible from the start of the process up to the harvesting.
They are also called the “Maintenance”. At the end of the
month they will have 5400 pesos excluded the rest day.
K. Number of Worker fertilized the Area from Planting up to the
Date of Survey

Total: 10 people

L. Quantity of Fertilizer used from Planting up to the Date of

Survey

- 3 Sacks of “PURE WORM CASTINGS ORGANIC

FERTILIZER”

M. Amount of Salary Paid in Applying Fertilizer from Planting

to the date of survey

- Each worker has given 200 pesos per day. These people are
responsible from the start of the process up to the harvesting.
They are also called the “Maintenance”. At the end of the
month they will have 5400 pesos excluded the rest day.

N. Quantity of Fertilizer to be used after the Survey until

Harvesting

- Overall, they will use 5 sacks of “PURE WORM CASTINGS

ORGANIC FERTILIZER” when I visited the farm they already
consumed 3 sacks of it so, there only 2 sacks remaining up to
the time of harvest

O. Number of workers required to perform fertilization after the

survey until final harvesting

Total: 10 people

P. Amount of salary needed for fertilizer application after this

survey until harvesting

- Each worker has given 200 pesos per day. These people are
responsible from the start of the process up to the harvesting.
They are also called the “Maintenance”. At the end of the
month they will have 5400 pesos excluded the rest day.

Q. Estimated irrigation expenses from planting up to

harvesting

- Here in Buru-un, Iligan City , we are so fortunate when it comes

to water because we don’t have any payments of it because it
is free , given by nature. Talking of irrigation expenses
according to the owner they only spent 10k way back from the
start of their business for buying water pump and until now
they are still using this pump.The pumps are responsible of
 sucking water from the river to their respective farm.

R. Estimated worker hired to perform irrigation from planting to

harvesting

- They have only 1 maintenance in their water pump.

S. Estimated days for spraying pesticides

1 day

T. Estimated workers needed for spraying insecticides

- When it comes to spraying insecticides, They hired workers

that are intended for spraying. According to the owner they
need 4 people to do spraying

U. Estimated cost of insecticide used in spraying

Name of Insecticide Quantity Price each Liter

Insect Rapture 10 3 Liters 2400

EC (1 Liter)

Total: 7,200

V. Workers salary during spraying of insecticides

Total: 450 per day

W. Estimated number of weeding operation

- According to the owner they will do weeding operation thrice a

month

X. Estimated worker needed in weeding

Cleaning the Area (Mangguna) 4 people

Y. Workers salary during Z. Estimated worker

weeding employ during
harvesting

- Each worker has given 200 4 people

pesos per day. These people
are responsible from the start
of the process up to the
harvesting. They are also
called the “Maintenance”. At
the end of the month they will
have 5400 pesos excluded
 the rest day.

Embolode, Christian June L. BTLE-IA ( Student)

Mr. Paciano Lacida ( Owner of the Farm)