Haramaya University, Sheep and Goat Fattening and ... - esgpip

Table 2. Estimated fixed costs for the fattening unit
No. Description Cost in ETB
1 Equipment & Machinery 50,000
2 Renovating of existing building
50,000
structure
3 Total 100,000
Table 3. Feed requirement and estimated costs per production cycle for fattening unit
No. Concentrate Forage Total
Type of feed
Amount of feed required per goat per day 0.2 0.5 0.7
No. of goats per production season 150 150
Total feed quantity required per day 30 75
Total feed quantity required per production 2700 6750
season (90 Days)
Cost per Kg of concentrate and forage in 2.80 1.00
ETB
Total estimated cost in ETB 7, 560 6, 750 14, 310
Cost per unit of goat in ETB 50.4 45 90.40
Each production cycle is for three months (90 days)
Table 4. Human resource requirements for the fattening unit
Job Description Supervisor Accountant Daily farm labor
No of Employees 1 1 4
Monthly Salary in 1, 500 500 450
ETB
Annual Salary 18, 000 6, 000 21, 600
Remark
One person will One person will Four persons will
be employed to be employed to be employed for
manage all manage all feeding, cleaning
activities activities and guarding.
Total expenditure 45, 600
on all Labor per
Year in ETB
Half of the costs are shared by the fattening unit. Hence share of expenditure for
fattening unit is 22,800 in ETB.
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