Sweet Potato Value Chain Analysis Reveals Opportunities for Increased Income and Food Security in Northern Ghana

Table 5

Output and revenue at early and late harvest seasons of sweet potato.

Time of sale	Output	Early harvest	Late harvest
Yield (bags)/ha	18.9	0.0	0.0
Yield (kg)/ha	1984.3	0.0	0.0
Price/bag	0.0	92.5	72.5
Price/kg	0.0	0.9	0.69
TR/ha	0.0	1752.6	1375.1
TVC/ha	0.0	542.5	542.5
Gross margin	0.0	1210.1	832.6
Gross margin percentage	0.0	68.1	60.6
BCR	0.0	3.2	2.4

All cost and price items are in Ghana Cedis (GH); current exchange rate is approximately $ 1: GH 4.4.