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. 2017 May 19;9:595–610. doi: 10.1007/s12571-017-0680-4

Table 2.

Number of sales, total quantity of small bundles sold and total annual value (/−) of sales by the different multipliers. Means are given ± standard deviation when there were three or more transactions

Year Number of multipliers Average number of transactions/season Average total quantity of small bundles sold to: Average annual value (/−) of sales:
Farmers NGOs Sellers All Farmers NGOs Sellers All Farmers NGOs Sellers All
NGO multipliers
    2013 2 11 7 0 18 660 6870 0 7530 434,300 7,249,750 0 7,684,050
    2014 2 47 12 4 63 3378 25,870 75 29,323 1,547,963 13,315,555 26,500 14,890,018
Medium-sized local multipliers
    2013 1 25 0 2 27 634 0 78 712 192,000 0 35,000 227,000
    2014 2 11 0 8 19 358 0 440 798 182,750 0 132,000 314,750
Small local multipliers selling only to farmers
    2013 8 16 ± 11 0 0 16 ± 11 515 ± 336 0 0 515 ± 336 150,206 ± 98,173 0 0 150,206 ± 98,173
    2014 4 8 ± 4 0 0 8 ± 4 231 ± 143 0 0 231 ± 143 98,000 ± 77,365 0 0 98,000 ± 77,365
Small-scale local multipliers selling primarily to town sellers
    2013 2 4 0 14 18 104 0 466 570 40,625 0 133,950 174,575
    2014 7 3 ± 3 0 15 ± 10 18 ± 10 103 ± 129 0 650 ± 513 753 ± 544 41,214 ± 51,433 0 194,929 ± 152,960 236,143 ± 163,097
Small-scale local multipliers also buying from dry season root farmers and selling primarily to town sellers
    2013 1 13 0 12 25 305 0 360 665 109,700 0 105,000 214,700
    2014 12 5 ± 9 0 29 ± 18 33 ± 17 115 ± 243 0 1150 ± 809 1266 ± 772 52,125 ± 112,563 0 338,519 ± 38,533 390,644 ± 224,454