Are non-market benefits of soybean production significant? An extended economic analysis of smallholder soybean farming in Upper West region of northern Ghana

Table 6 Overall economic benefit of soybean

Market and non-market variables	District
Market and non-market variables	Sissala-West (GH¢)	Wa-East (GH¢)	DBI (GH¢)	Overall (GH¢)
A. Gross margin (Table 4)	462.36^a	199.16^b	(85.9)^c	191.87
B. Non-market value (Table 5)	346.34^a	238.00^b	452.73^c	345.69
C. Gross economic benefit (A + B)	808.7^a	437.16^b	367.73^c	537.50
D. Total production cost (A + F)	1188.7	1162.7	914.29	1024.85
E. Return on investment (%)	68.03%	37.6%	40.2%	52.4%

Values with different superscripts denotes means are significantly different at 5%. Official exchange; US$1 = GH¢4.5

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