Joylene L.

Rotaquio

Gemaima Lorelyn Aspilla

Gil Rey Cabangangan

Workshop # 6

Technical Aspect

Raw Materials and Production Supplies

Table 1. Raw Materials Requirement

Raw Materials Supplier Quantity Unit Cost Annual Cost
Ammonium Sulfate Plasma Co. Ltd. 3 bags 75.62php 2,758.32php

Coco Peat 5 sacks 105php/sack 6,300php

Table 2. Production/Merchandising Supplies

Production Supplier Quantity Unit Cost Annual Cost

Supplies
Sack N/A 100pcs 1php 1,200php

Labor Requirement

Table 3. Manpower Requirement

Nature Number of Workers Rate/Month Annual Cost

Farm Maintenance 5 7,370php 442,200php
Utilities Needed

Utility Source Qty. Required Annual Cost

Water Utilities Brgy. Katipunan Not Specified 600php
Electricity DLPC Not Specified 17307.84php

Waste Disposal

After the removal of the bean from the husk the manner use of disposing wastes
are the Shredding of pods husks and grinding the husks to be used as mulching and
organic fertilizer. Theres also the extraction of pectin from cacao husk waste using citric
acid. Pectin is used in food as a gelling agent, particularly in jams and jellies. It is also
used in dessert fillings, medicines, sweets, as a stabilizer in fruit juices and milk drinks,
and as a source of dietary fiber. Utilization of such waste which accounts for as much as
76% of cacao fruit by weight for the extraction of value added ingredients such as pectin
would help to improve the waste disposal.
Joylene L. Rotaquio

Gemaima Lorelyn Aspilla

Gil Rey Cabangangan

Workshop # 5

Technical Aspect

Machineries and Equipment

Cacao planting and farming doesnt use or need any heavy machine like other
agricultural products. Harvesting cacao is better when use both hands and machete so
that it wont affect the other pods. Farmers prefer to use tools like machete and they
also do hand on hand cleaning and maintaining the cocoa trees to easily give the plants
fertilizers for healthy growth. Blissful farm ensures that the cacao trees are involves in
the process of pruning that is essential for removing pods affected by diseases such as
monilla.

Table 1: Equipment Requirement

Equipment Manufacturer Capacity Cost

This pack will

teach a farmer
how, why and
Pruning Pack when to prune $47.00
and provide the
farmer with
necessary tools to
prune his trees on
an ongoing basis.
It could help the
farmers remove $322.50
old cocoa trees to
Chainsaw make way for new
seedlings.
 Used to cut
through rain
machete forest under $4.00
growth and for
agricultural
purposes.

Rubber Boots Used for $3.00

and Gloves protection.
Used to dig and
Square Mouth lift of the soil to $4.00
Shovel spade plant seeds.