Cost inputs are summarised in Table 2.
All cost inputs used in the model are presented in Table 3.
(PDF 52 KB) 13561_2014_26_MOESM2_ESM.pdf Additional file 2: Appendix B: Summary of cost inputs.
While corn has gotten most of the bad press for being a very energy- and water-intensive crop to crow, all these farmed feedstocks have similar problems regarding energy and cost inputs and outputs.
The scope of the overall investigation included examination of known critical issues, postulating solutions or possible approaches where potential problems existed, and the quantification of performance and electricity cost using preliminary, but reasonable, cost inputs.
Let us assume that "business decisions" don't generally favor purchasing higher cost inputs compared to lower cost one's for your principal product.
For African nations to take part in the manufacture of globally tradable goods they need to develop cost competitive industry, initially overcoming their lack of local scale with low cost inputs, especially labor.
Table S3 summarises cost inputs.
The costing model was broken down into seven cost inputs: personnel (salaries and training), surgical equipment and supplies, bandages and cleaning supplies, monitoring and evaluation (M & E), administration, rural coverage, and adverse events due to the surgery.
Cost inputs were based on the trial and other sources.
Cost inputs for the model are given in table 1.
