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Figure 47. Farm Net Income for an average smallholder per district based on Neoclassical Approach
(Leones/year)
Figure 48. Farm Net Income for an average smallholder per district based on Peasant Farming Approach
(Leones/year)
To visualize the difference between the two
approaches used in the analysis and evaluation of
FNI, Figure 47 shows a graphical representation
of output value, variable costs and fixed costs
of the FNI calculations following neoclassical
principles while Figure 48 presents the same
information for the Peasant Farming approach of
measuring FNI. In the first case, the output value
of production is much higher in the Eastern than
in the Northern region, with Kailahun district
particularly prominent in the Eastern region.
Concerning Kenema and Kono, production
value is significantly lower (less than half) than
in Kailahun, but so are costs, thus the difference
stays positive (in Kono, however, a break-even
situation is portrayed). In turn these latter two
produce four times as much as the average
households in the Northern Tonkolili and Bombali
districts. The value of production outweighs costs
in the Eastern region, with the opposite being
true in the Northern region. Consequently, the
balance according to the Neoclassical calculation
is positive in Eastern region and negative in the
Northern region. On the other hand, with the
Peasant Farming approach, lower variable costs
are introduced due to unvalued household and
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