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DIFFERENT
TYPES OF ABACA NURSERIES |
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1. Protected
Abaca Nursery
- Size: ¼
hectare (2,500 sq. meter)
- Capacity: 2,500
Tissue Cultured Plants (1m x 1m planting distance)
- Cost of establishment
& maintenance for two years: P 343,300
- Cost of harvesting
the eyebuds : P37,500
- Total cost
of producing the eyebuds: P 380,800
- Expected number
of eyebuds can be produced: 75,000
- Estimated production
cost per eyebud: P5.08
- Number of Hectares
can be planted @ 1,600/ha + 10% mortality rate: 41
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Abaca Protected
Nursery |
Tissue Cultured
Abaca Plants Grown Inside the Nursery |
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2. Collapsible Mini-Protected
Nursery
- Size: 3 m x
10 m (30. sq. meter)
- Capacity: 3,000
tissue cultured plantlets in a 3 inches diameter polyethylene
bags
- Cost of establishment:
P 15,000
- TC plantlets
are acclimatized/hardened in 3 months
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Collapsible Mini-Protected
Nursery |
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3. Open
Type High Density Abaca Nursery
- Size: 1 hectare
(10,000 sq. meter)
- Capacity: 10,000
hills (1m x 1m planting distance)
- Cost of establishment
& maintenance for two years: P 223,289
- Cost of harvesting
the eyebuds : P 75,000
- Total cost
of producing the eyebuds: P 298,289
- Expected number
of eyebuds can be produced: 300,000
- Estimated production
cost per eyebud: P1.00
- Number of hectares
can be planted @ 1,600/ha+10% mortality rate: 164
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High Density
Abaca Nursery |
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4. Abaca Pre-Germination
Nursery
- Size: 1,500
sq. meters
- Capacity: 88,000
eyebuds in 6 inches diameter polyethylene bags
- Cost of establishment
& maintenance for 5 months: P 342,800
- Total cost
of producing the planting materials: P 341,800
- Production
cost of pre-germinated planting material: P 3.88
- Number of hectares
can be planted @ 1,600/ha+10% mortality rate: 50
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Abaca Eyebud |
Pre-germination
area |
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FN: PBJ2004revised - Extension
Services Division
Fiber Industry Development Authority |