Projected Income Unit Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Area Ha 1 1 1 1 1
Yield per Hectare Tonne 10 10 10 10 10
Total Yield Tonne 10 10 10 10 10
Marketabl e Yi el d (90%)
Pri ce per Tonne
Tonne
$
9
900
9
900
9
900
9
900
9
900 Eggplant: A Brief
(A) Value of Output $ 8,100 8,100 8,100 8,100 8,100

Input Requirements
Commodity Profile
Planti ng Materi al s 1Kg/Ha Kg 1
Fertilizer: Urea 100Kg/Ha Kg 100 100 100 100 100
NPK 200Kg/Ha Kg 200 200 200 200 200
Chemical: Rambo 4Ltr/Ha Ltr 4 4 4 4 4
Gramoxone 4Ltr/Ha Ltr 4 4 4 4 4
Mach. Hire: Land Clearing 3Hrs/Ha Hrs 3 3 3 3 3
Ploughing 2Hrs/Ha Hrs 2 2 2 2 2
Harrowi ng 1.5Hrs/Ha Hrs 2 2 2 2 2
Ri dging 1.5Hrs/Ha Hrs 2 2 2 2 2
Labour Requirements
Planti ng 30mnd/Ha Mandays 30 30 30 30 30
Ferti li zing 25mnd/Ha Mandays 25 25 25 25 25
Spraying 20mnd/Ha Mandays 20 20 20 20 20
Harvesti ng 60mnd/Ha Mandays 60 60 60 60 60

Input Costs
Planti ng Materi al s @ $24/Kg $ 24
Fertilizer: Urea @ $1.10/Kg $ 110 110 110 110 110
NPK @ $1.20/Kg $ 240 240 240 240 240
Chemical: Rambo @ $18/Ltr $ 72 72 72 72 72
Gramoxone @ $20/Ltr $ 80 80 80 80 80
Land Cleari ng $35/Hr $ 35 35 35 35 35
Ploughing $30/Hr $ 30 30 30 30 30
Harrowi ng $30/Hr $ 30 30 30 30 30
Ri dging $30/Hr $ 30 30 30 30 30
(B) Total Input Costs $ 651 627 627 627 627
Labour Costs
Labour Requirement
(C) Total Labour Costs $ 1,350 1,350 1,350 1,350 1,350
(D) Total Input & Labour Costs (B)+(C) $ 2,001 1,977 1,977 1,977 1,977
(E) Net Profit (A)-(D) $ 6,099 6,123 6,123 6,123 6,123
 Eggplant (Aubergine spp)
L o c a l M a rk e t Pr ic e (E g gp l a nt ) - 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 5

! Eggplant, a delicacy vegetable is taking up interest from farmers, for $1 .40

its ability to produce yield in short term.

! Major supply in Fiji are coming in from $1 .20

Sigatoka and surrounding areas. Fresh Eggplant (Aubergine) Export 2004 to Country of Destination

$1 .00
! The variety currently in cultivation are:

Na tion al Av era ge ( $/Kg )

United States Australia
0.28% 6.55%

Chahat, Sigatoka Beauty, and Sitara. Japan

23.27% $0 .80

! Export of Fiji eggplant (Aubergine) is

governed by registration with Bilateral New Zealand
69.90%
$0 .60

Quarantine Agreement controlled by the $0 .40

Quarantine Division of the Ministry of
Agriculture. $0 .20

! Quarantine requirement are often strict, with the main objective of

ascertaining quality, pest and disease free to consumer and importing $0 .00

Q tr 1 200 3

Qtr 2 200 3

Qtr 3 200 3

Q tr 4 2 003

Q tr 1 20 04

Q tr 2 20 04

Q tr 3 20 04

Qtr 4 200 4

Q tr 1 2 005

Q tr 2 2 005
countries.
! Rational in the registration of farmers under BQA is credited to eggplant
being susceptible to fruit-fly. Q u a r te r ly R e p o r t

! Fiji exports eggplant to Canada, New Zealand and a few other E G G P L A N T (R O UN D ) K G S E G G P L AN T (L O N G ) K G S

countries.
! Eggplant exports are normally in 10 – 15 Kg boxes. Quarantine Requirement:
! Total export over the past 5 years averaged at 100
Eggplant Earning (FoB) from Country of Destination
tones a year with and average value (FoB) of $176,000 or
United States
0.22%
Australia
6.99%
$1,700/tone/year.
! New Zealand is major importer of Fiji Aubergine,
New Zealand
53.18%
Japan
39.61%
importing an average 98 tones of total export (volume) by
volume a year.
! Constraints in the export of eggplant involve scouring,
blemish, and diseases.
! Fiji eggplant supply are mostly targeted at Asian
population in New Zealand, with main emphasis on supplying the off-
season window faced by other exporters.
! No import of fresh eggplant was reported over the years, credit to
local farmers.
E g g p l a n t ( A u b e r g in e ) E x p o r t 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 4

$ 2 ,5 0 0 1 80

1 60

$ 2 ,0 0 0
Av erag e E gg plan t P rice (Fo B) - FJ $/to ne

1 40

1 20
Qt y E xp ort (tone s)

$ 1 ,5 0 0
1 00

8 0
$ 1 ,0 0 0

6 0

4 0
$5 00

2 0

$0 0
200 0 200 1 200 2 20 03 200 04
Y e a rs

P r o d u c tio n (T o n e s ) E x p o r t (t o n e s )