For estimating costs of BCC channels used in the Manoshi project, the following assumptions have been made: 1) The BCC channels are effective; 2) Implementation costs are included; 3) The cost of BCC channels is calculated from the provider's perspective The study used a 'micro-costing' method for calculating the cost of inputs for the Manoshi BCC interventions.
Calculates cost of inputs, but not cost of production.
After subtracting the cost of inputs per hectare, arabica was more profitable than robusta on average.
Variable cost: The cost of inputs that are incurred only if you actually produce something.
But double-digit inflation has caused wages and the cost of inputs to soar.
Companies can source low-cost inputs anywhere, and new, rapidly emerging technologies can offset disadvantages in the cost of inputs.
As well as lower energy bills, the cost of inputs, from plastic bottles to detergent, are edging down.
They point out that rent, wages, the cost of inputs, delivery, and training all need to come out of that $10m turnover before the business owner gets a profit out of which he/she pays interest and tax.
The firms want to pass on the higher cost of inputs such as steel, which has risen by 20% in the past year.
The government's cuts in development spending and the rising cost of inputs for manufacturing are slowing the economy and threaten to push up unemployment.
