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ecuador’s banana sector under climate change: an economic and biophysical assessment to promote a sustainable and climate-compatible strategy
Table 5 Cost of production for three conventional banana farm sizes in Ecuador
Cost item
Average number of boxes/ ha/year (Box = 18.5kg)
Direct labour (/ha)
Indirect labour (/ha)
Harvest and packaging (/ha) Inputs (/ha)
of which: Fertilizers
Agro chemicals
Other inputs
Equipment and building depreciation (/ha) Various materials (/ha)
Taxes and miscellaneous services (/ha)
Total cost of production (/ha)
Total cost of production per box (18.5 kg)
Producer profit (23%)
Selling price
Small farm
Cost/ha % total
1 148.5
922.1 13.5 2 395.7 35.0 1 070.7 15.6 1 928.3 28.1
336.0 4.9 1302.7 19.0 289.6 4.2 338 4.9
70.9 1.0 127.9 1.9
6 853.7 100
5.97
1.37
7.34
Medium farm
Large farm
Cost/ha % total
Source: MAGAP (unpublished data, communicated to author; January 2014)
Figure 6 Share of labour and agrochemicals in total cost of production for small, medium and large conventional banana farms
Other inputs 27%
Agro- chemicals 25%
Source: MAGAP
Labour 48%
Other inputs 31%
Agro- chemicals
24%
Other Labour inputs
45% 36%
Labour 40%
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Small farm
Medium farm
Large farm
Cost/ha
1 584.6
922.1 2 534.9 1 329.3 2 419.4
588.0 1281.6 549.8 338
70.9 127.9
7 742.6
4.89
1.12
6.01
% total
11.9 32.7 17.2 31.3
7.6 16.6 7.1 4.4
0.9 1.7
100
2
2 1 3
136.6
922.1 10.3 681.2 29.9 804.4 20.1 037.2 33.8 857.2 9.5
1294.5 14.4 885.5 9.9 338 3.8
70.9 0.8 127.9 1.4
8 981.7 100
4.2
0.97 5.17
Agro- chemicals 24%