Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

household investors after deduction of production costs from the gross private value, also
measured in market prices. This is the primary financial value sought. Cash income refers
to that proportion of the net private value which is made up of cash (from sales). Gross
output is the annual incremental contribution of the activity to the national gross output,
measured in economic prices. Gross value added refers to the annual incremental
contribution made by the household activity to the gross national product in terms of gross
value added. This is the primary economic value sought. As stated, the economic values do
not include any indirect impacts on the broader economy, due to the multiplier effect.
Net private values amounting to P68 million are generated from the <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site but only
P2.1 million of these are attributable to the wetland itself. Most of the values generated are
from livestock. The contribution of agricultural activities in the <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site to the gross
national product amounts to P43 million. P1.5 million of these are derived from the
wetland.
Table 2-14: Summary of the private and economic direct use values for agricultural activities
in the <strong>Ramsar</strong> site and the wetland (in Pula, 2005)
<strong>Ramsar</strong> Site
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Gross
private value
Net private
value
Cash
iincome
Gross output Gross value
added
Crops – Molapo 2, 633 828 2, 191 651 225 542 2,765,519 1,368,763
Crops – Dryland 5, 996,164 4,197,849 835,751 6,265,469 1,399,770
Livestock – cattle
posts
Total crops 8, 29,992 6,389,500 1,061,293 9,030,989 2,768,533
71,055,101 54,543,748 40,818,484 74,555,356 34,365,764
Livestock – village 8,241,681 6,622,083 2,788,007 8,653,765 5,391,954
Livestock total 79,246,782 61,165,831 43,606,492 83,209,121 39,757,628
Total <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site 87,876,774 67,555,331 44,667,784 92,240,110 42,526,161
Wetland
Crops – Molapo 1,132,546 942,410 96,983 1,189,173 588,568
Crops – Dryland - - - - -
Livestock - Cattle
posts
Total Crops 1,132,546 942,410 96,983 1,189,173 588,568
- - - - -
Livestock – Village 1,604,947 1,205,482 391,050 1,685,195 869,980
Livestock total 1,604,947 1,205,482 391,050 1,685,195 869,980
Total Wetland 2,737,493 2,147,892 488,033 2,874,368 1,458,548
Source: ODMP – Economic Valuation Report (2006)
The direct private and direct economic use values derived from use of natural resources in the
<strong>Ramsar</strong> site are summarized in
Table 2-15. In total, households derive a net private value of about P27 million from natural
resources harvesting and processing in the study area. These activities contribute P28
million in gross value added to the gross national product.