Table 6 Share and cost of harvesting and postharvest handling practices
Activity | Share | Mean (US$/ha) | Std. Dev | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harvesting | 0.588 | 27.206 | 30.925 | 0.821 | 327.454 |
Drying pods | 0.017 | 1.698 | 5.970 | 0.000 | 53.179 |
Threshing | 0.116 | 9.062 | 16.975 | 0.000 | 158.27 |
Winnowing | 0.035 | 4.160 | 16.339 | 0.000 | 253.231 |
Sorting | 0.058 | 3.948 | 15.260 | 0.000 | 253.231 |
Treatment | 0.023 | 1.607 | 5.789 | 0.000 | 63.308 |
Bagging | 0.070 | 2.545 | 2.449 | 0.000 | 19.647 |
Storing | 0.026 | 2.771 | 14.422 | 0.000 | 196.473 |
Further drying | 0.006 | 0.497 | 2.756 | 0.000 | 32.826 |
Secondary processing | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Other | 0.000 | 0.014 | 0.224 | 0.000 | 4.103 |
Transporting | 0.039 | 2.605 | 7.168 | 0.000 | 82.066 |
Re-bagging | 0.022 | 1.178 | 4.212 | 0.000 | 63.308 |
Total cost (U$) | 100.0 | 57.291 | 73.540 | 1.641 | 870.483 |
As share of output value | 0.135 | 0.135 | 0.229 | 0.007 | 3.067 |