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Table 3 Financing for setting up BCAs production units

From: A non-linear approach to the establishment of local biological control agentĀ  production units: a case study of fall armyworm in Bangladesh

Ā 

Capital costs (USD)*

Annual costs (USD)#

BARIā€”HQ (Gazipur)

236,186

21,779

BARIā€”regional centres

236,186

88,738

FPOs

35,078

18,861

Total

507,450

129,378

  1. *Capital costs include lab buildings, mass rearing chambers and rearing units
  2. #Annual costs include BCA rearing consumables, strain improvement work, IPM trials and training costs