08/07/24
Farmer Income & Cost of Production Indicator and Methods Guidance
The purpose of the Farmer Income & Costs of Production Working Group is to convene the public and private sector to create common guidance regarding metrics and protocols to measure farm and household income. This work pulls heavily from collaborations between COSA and SFL, ISEAL, GCP, ICO, KIT and LICOP, among others and the learnings from the many private sector partnerships of which COSA has been part.
This document breaks down the key metrics related to measuring household income, with an emphasis on the contribution of focus crop/ product profitability as well as productivity.
→ Read the full guidance document here
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