Production cost growing Bt cotton with one-hectare farm size (although there were banana, mango, and other perennial trees in Table. Production cost of growing Bt cotton with one-hectare farm size (although there were banana, mango, and other perennial trees in the peripherals). No. Item Size Type Unit Cost Remark 1 Seed 1 ha Bt cotton 5 kg @ Rp 90,000 450,000 2 Chemical fertiliser 1 ha Urea 3 sacks @ Rp 50,000 150,000 TSP 2 sacks Rp 90,000 180,000 CA 2 sacks @ 42,000 84,000 KCL 1 sack @ Rp 90,000 90,000 3 Pesticide 1 ha Roundup (Liquid) 5 liter @ Rp 35,000 175,000 Land clearing Polaris 4 liter @ Rp 25,000 100,000 Gramaxone 2 liter @ Rp 30,000 60,000 Weeding 1 and Roundup tabur (Granula) 5 kg @ Rp 15,000 75,000 2 months of seedling 4 Planting costs 1 ha 2 days 2 men @ Rp 10,000 40,000 5 Harvesting costs 1 ha 2 days 2 men x 7 stages 280,000 6 Farm prep costs 1 ha 1 day 75,000 7 Land renting 1 ha 1 planting season 300,000 8 Weeding costs 1 ha 3 times 3 men 63,000 9 Tax (Pajak desa) According value of income 1 planting season 1,5 % 15,000 But pay in fix amount 10 Transportation 1 planting season 900,000 11 Sacks for cotton 1 ha Plastic sacks 45 sacks @ Rp 250 11,250 12 Shouldering cost from farm to house 1 ha 1 harvesting season 45 sacks x Rp 1,250 45,000 13 Shouldering costs from house to car 1 harvesting season 45 sacks x Rp 500 22,500 14 Other costs 1 ha 1 planting season 200,000 Total expenditure during 1 planting season 3,295,500 Source: Calculation made by Alimuddin Musbar 12 April 2005. Note 1. Bt cotton growers only harvesting 1 ton per hectare - as the most successful 2. Price of rough cotton (Bt) Rp 2,100 per kg; Total Rp 2,100.000 3. With such calculation above Bt cotton grower only got Rp 2.100.000. Thus Bt cotton grower deficit around Rp 1,195,500 per ha per planting season or around US$113,85 (1 USD$ = Rp 10,500 to Rp 11,000 by June 2001). 4. These figures experienced by around 75 farmers in the village of Balong in the Kecamatanan (sub-district) Ujung Lo'e Bulukumba.