3.2.4.5. Agricultural output. This is defined as total output of all agricultural activities in
monetary units. It was calculated in real year 2000 dollars and was based on total
economic output from various agricultural products of a land-use or livestock. It used
information on yields and prices of different commodities. Yields of commodities are
affected by scenario assumptions.
3.2.4.6. Costs. This indicator calculates total operating costs of various agricultural
activities. Coefficients of costs per hectare for different types of crops and livestock were
taken from published sources for the region and were used in these calculations.
Wherever possible and applicable, detailed sub-categories of land-use and livestock
products were considered in these calculations. For example, eggs and poultry meat
production were considered for computing economic agricultural output of chicken.