COMPARATIVENESS COST OF PRODUCTION FOR SUGAR’S SUBSTITUTE THROUGH DIFFERENT AMENDED PLANTING MEDIA

Aim of this study is to estimate the cost of planting stevia on different amended planting media. The use of inorganic fertilizer were reduced and replaced with some organic matter collected from waste of oil palm. The result shows that, the cost of planting stevia that amended with organic material is cheaper compared to stevia planted with inorganic fertilizer . The estimated profit from enterprise budget constructed for planting stevia which amended with organic matter is higher compared to using inorganic fertilizer, RM135,500 and RM46,000 respectively. Based on breakeven price analysis also shows that stevia with organic matter will give higher profit compared to using inorganic fertilizer where profit of RM5.42/kg and RM1.84/kg respectively