Table 1.
Per hectare costs (in 2013 USD) for five major inputs across the two coffee species.
| Input | Arabica | Robusta | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User % | Pay % | Mean (SE) | Range | User % | Pay % | Mean (SE) | Range | |
| Conventional Fertilizer | 86.4 | 30.5 | 16.4 (0.25) | [0, 368.7] | 82.2 | 70.3 | 46.2 (0.46) | [0, 1075] |
| Herbicide | 18.3 | 14.1 | 4.7 (0.14) | [0, 294.9] | 5.9 | 5.1 | 0.6 (0.01) | [0, 36.9] |
| Irrigation | 17.4 | 17 | 16.3 (0.25) | [0, 123.7] | 36.4 | 36 | 11.7 (0.13) | [0, 309.7] |
| Organic Fertilizer | 48.8 | 31 | 15.9 (0.24) | [0, 368.7] | 40.3 | 24.2 | 9.5 (0.15) | [0, 327.7] |
| Pesticide | 75.6 | 69 | 31.8 (0.28) | [0, 435.7] | 16.9 | 16.1 | 3.2 (0.04) | [0, 81.9] |