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Table 5 Socioeconomic benefits and aggregate net benefit from small ruminants for two agro-ecological zones per household

From: Economic benefits of livestock management in Ghana

 

Agro-ecological zones

Components

Guinea savannah (n=120)

Sudan savannah (n=129)

Socio-economic products

  

 Insurance

83.82a

69.20b

 Financing

74.64a

68.64a

 Sub-total (C)

158.46a

137.84a

 Total net benefit (A+B+C)

590.92a

488.82b

  1. Note: Within rows, means (least square means values) of components with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05 on a t-test of means. Exchange rate: US$1 = Gh₵1.9