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Table 4 Comparison of economic benefits of RD and RM based on money

From: Assessment of nomadic rice-duck complex ecosystem on energy and economy

 

Economic benefit(CNY hm-2)a

 

RD

RM

 

2010

2011

2010

2011

1. Input

    

Irrigation

195.00

195.00

195.00

195.00

Labor

    

Man

159.05

176.56

290.90

322.94

Woman

327.50

363.56

135.12

150.00

Rice seed

360.00

450.00

360.00

450.00

Duckling

75.00

175.00

0.00

0.00

Feed

    

Formulas feed

15.54

15.54

0.00

0.00

Rice grain

116.55

124.71

0.00

0.00

N

550.80

550.80

673.20

673.20

P2O5

330.75

330.75

330.75

330.75

K2O

612.00

612.00

612.00

612.00

Diesel

450.50

450.50

450.50

450.50

Insecticide

180.00

180.00

235.34

235.34

Herbicides

0.00

0.00

120.00

120.00

Fungicides

0.00

0.00

27.00

27.00

Electric

17.70

17.70

0.00

0.00

2. Solid costb

    

Plastics-general

16.56

16.56

0.00

0.00

Electric motor

60.00

60.00

0.00

0.00

Total input

3,466.94

3,718.68

3,429.81

3,566.72

3. Output

    

Rice grain c

5,954.68

6,621.04

5,806.73

6,371.51

Duck d

731.25

1,125.00

0.00

0.00

Total output

6,685.93

7,746.04

5,806.73

6,371.51

4. Output/input

1.93

2.08

1.69

1.79

5. Gross income

3,218.99

4,027.36

2,376.92

2,804.79

6. Net income

2,732.45

3,487.24

1,950.90

2,331.85

+40.0%

+49.5%

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  1. a1 CNY = 0.1571 US.$; bthe change of plastics-general and electric motor was 82.80 CNY and 300.00 CNY, respectively; service life of solid cost was 5 years; cthe wholesale price of rice grain was 1.00 CNY kg-1 in 2010 and 1.07CNY kg-1 in 2011; dthe wholesale price of duck was 10 CNY kg-1 in 2010 and 20 CNY kg-1 in 2011.