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The following study gives economics of cultivation of gerbera flowers (estimate for 2500 sq.m. area that is 17500 plants).
Sr.
No. Particulars Amount
I 1 Fixed costs 3,50,000
2 Variable costs
First year 7,63,150
Second year 7,13,150
Total 18,26,300
II Returns
1 Total number of flowers per year
@ 50 flowers per plant for 2
years (No.) 17,50,000
2 Sale value @ Rs. 2.50 per flower 43,75,000
3 Total cost of two years 18,26,300
4 Net profit for two years 25,48,700
5 Per flower
a) cost of cultivation 1.04
b) sale price 2.50
c) net profit 1.46
Per flower cost of cultivation of roses is much higher (Rs. 6.85) than that of Gerbera (Rs. 1.04). Production of Gerbera is also quite profitable.Subsidy SchemeLooking to very high initial investment in polyhouses and to encourage more floriculturists to undertake cutflowers production for export purpose, the Govt. of India introduced an incentive scheme of subsidy for construction of polyhouses. The details of the scheme are as follows.
Sr.
No. Type of
Greenhouse Cost/
m2 Max.
area
m2 Total
Cost
Rs Subsidy
% Amount
of
Subsidy
available
Rs.
1 Low cost 125 500 62,500 50 31,250
2 Medium cost 500 500 2,50,000 40 1,00,000
3 High cost 2000 500 10,00,000 10 1,00,000
Thus the subsidy varies from 10% to 50% with a ceiling to the amount upto Rs. 1,00,000.
