Comparison of cost and return between double crop with one crop per year of Maize Community Enterprise in Hin Sorn Subdistrict, Saraburi Province

Abstract

The Hin Son Sub-district Maize Community Enterprise is employed two distinct planting systems of double cropping and single-crop cultivation per year. The findings revealed that under the single-crop approach, the average production cost amounted to 3,630 baht per rai, yielding returns of 7,400 baht per rai annually, resulting in a profit of 3,770 baht per rai per year. In contrast, the double crop method incurred costs of 3,130 baht per rai, with yields reached 19,240 baht per rai. Consequently, this approach is generated profits of 12,980 baht per rai annually, or 6,490 baht per rai per crop for each planting cycle.