Table 1:
Average Production, Costs, Price and Income
| Independent Farmers | Contract Farmers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kgs | Kgs | acre | ||
| Average Leaf Production | 822.72 | 1320.7 | ||
| Average Tobacco Sales | 765.06 | 1075.97 | ||
| Average Price (US$/kg) | 1.32 | 1.49 | ||
| US$/kg | US$/acre | US$/kg | US$/acre | |
| Average Income | 1.68 | 807.43 | 1.37 | 749.52 |
| Non-Labour Costs | US$/kg | US$/acre | US$/kg | US$/acre |
| Input costs | 0.83 | 257.31 | 0.82 | 321.93 |
| Levy | 0.17 | 7.26 | 0.96 | 39.02 |
| Transport | 0.24 | 10.24 | 0.03 | 13.33 |
| Interest | 1.53 | |||
| Total Non-Labour Costs | 1.24 | 274.81 | 1.81 | 375.81 |
| Labour Hours | 637.89 | 2.63 | 476.21 | 2.19 |
| Labour Costs | US$/kg | US$/acre | US$/kg | US$/acre |
| Hired Labour | 0.25 | 109.95 | 0.29 | 117.08 |
| Household Members | 0.56 | 338.72 | 0.35 | 252.87 |
| Total Labour Costs | 0.81 | 448.67 | 0.64 | 369.95 |