The Role of Staking and Pruning Methods on Yield and Profitability of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Production in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana

Table 2

Cost of production, gross return, net return, and benefit/cost ratio of tomato as affected by pruning and staking.

Treatments	Production cost ($/ha)	Gross return ($/ha)	Net return ($/ha)	BCR
Control	175.4	238.4	63.0	0.36
SPS	205.3	288.0	82.6	0.40
WT	226.7	407.1	180.4	0.80
1SP	180.7	321.2	140.5	0.78
1SP + SPS	407.4	600.7	214.6	0.53
1SP + WT	386.1	635.5	228.1	0.56
2SP	184.5	360.6	176.1	0.95
2SP + SPS	398.8	771.1	381.2	0.96
2SP + WT	411.2	1010	598.3	1.46