The Nepal Poultry Entrepreneurs Forum, based on a study by experts from the Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, has set the production cost of one egg at NPR 19.12, an increase from the previous cost of NPR 16.56.
Study Details
- Number of hens: 10,000 layers
- Production period: From chick placement to 80 weeks of egg-laying
- Total eggs produced: 2,688,000 (from 8,000 hens surviving till 80 weeks)
- Marketable eggs: 2,607,360 (after accounting for 3% breakage/unfit for sale)
Key Cost Components
- Chicks:
- NPR 150 per chick × 10,000 = NPR 1.5 million
- Feed and Vaccines:
- L1, L2, L3 feed: NPR 34.88 million
- Medicines and vaccines: NPR 1.1 million
- Labor, Management, and Other Costs: NPR 6,058,696
- Labor: NPR 2.52 million
- Management: NPR 720,000
- Veterinarian (partial): NPR 450,000
- Electricity: NPR 213,996
- Rice husk: NPR 400,000
- Coop maintenance: NPR 350,000
- Tarpaulin: NPR 150,000
- Gas for heating chicks: NPR 40,000
- Egg crates: NPR 896,000
- Diesel and generator: NPR 319,000
- Transportation and Miscellaneous: NPR 8,012,250
- Transport labor: NPR 630,000
- Vehicle fuel: NPR 250,000
- Coop depreciation: NPR 1,972,500
- Labor housing depreciation: NPR 200,000
- Bank interest: NPR 4,959,750
Total Cost: NPR 49.85 million
Additional Income
- Selling hens after egg-laying: NPR 1.6 million
- Selling 300 bags of manure at NPR 200 each: NPR 60,000
- Total other income: NPR 1.66 million
Committee Members
- Chair: Prof. Dr. Rewant Kumar Bhattarai
- Prof. Dr. Subir Singh
- Associate Professor Dr. Anil Kumar Tiwari
- Member Secretary: Associate Professor Dr. Ananta Dahal
Decision
The committee analyzed all production-related costs and recommended setting the egg cost at NPR 19.12 per egg. This recommended price will be sent to the District Livestock Service Office and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development for approval, according to the forum’s president Raghunath Bhatt.
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