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Table 7 Market price and lost premium in price offer

From: The cost of inadequate postharvest management of pulse grain: Farmer losses due to handling and storage practices in Uganda

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev

Min

Max

Unit selling price (UGX/Kg)

2064.831

621.489

800.000

4000.000

 Selling price (in U$)

0.555

0.167

0.215

1.076

Price penalty due to poor quality grain (US$)

0.140

0.085

0.000

0.377

Loss in pricing due to poor quality (proportion)

0.259

0.161

0.000

1.000

  1. UGX denotes Uganda shillings. The penalty on price is a difference between actual selling price and reported difference with other farmers due to quality difference. Source: Field study, 2019