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Figure 81. Labour productivity per working unit for IVS rice in the Northern and Eastern regions
Figure 82. Labour productivity per working unit for Boli rice in the Northern region
be reached with Boli rice production than with
upland or IVS rice (see Appendix IV).
Figure 83 and Figure 84 present the output
per working unit vs. surface used per working
unit for cocoa and coffee, respectively. The
majority of cocoa growers (with around 10 acres
per working unit) reach an average productivity
level that is only one fourth of what top
performers achieve in this region of the cocoa
production (i.e. a difference of 20 bags vs. 80
bags per working unit). A similar situation occurs
in the case of coffee growers where the majority
reaches only one third of the productivity level of
observed best performers. Cocoa and coffee trees
require initial maturity periods before they can be
harvested. The latter may explain the situation of
some growers reporting no output of these crops.