Physical and Economic Valuation for Nontimber Forest Products (NTFPs) of Surra Government Plantation in the Upper Hare-Baso Rivers Catchment, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 4
Physical value/bundles/kg of litter (BLTs) and its corresponding monetary market price (MP) and average price (AP)/ETB/kg.
Seller (code)
During the dry (January) season
During the wet (August) season
BLT (kg)
MP (ETB)
ETB/kg
AP (ETB)
BLT (kg)
MP (ETB)
ETB/kg
AP (ETB)
1
63
72
72/63
1.14
67
95
95/67
1.42
2
28
34
34/28
1.21
53
82
82/53
1.55
3
70
83
83/70
1.19
33
47
47/33
1.42
4
57
81
81/57
1.42
46
73
73/47
1.55
5
54
67
67/54
1.24
46
71
71/49
1.45
6
48
62
62/48
1.29
48
67
67/48
1.40
7
65
82
82/65
1.26
51
68
68/51
1.33
8
68
70
70/68
1.03
40
66
66/40
1.65
9
58
65
65/58
1.12
62
78
78/62
1.26
10
58
69
69/58
1.19
70
89
89/70
1.27
11
50
67
67/50
1.34
49
64
64/46
1.39
12
62
77
77/62
1.24
44
63
63/44
1.43
13
53
66
66/53
1.25
42
60
60/42
1.43
14
41
55
55/41
1.34
58
84
84/58
1.45
15
69
74
74/69
1.07
39
64
64/39
1.64
16
54
65
65/54
1.20
52
65
65/52
1.25
17
68
70
70/68
1.03
47
60
60/47
1.28
Total/AP
966
1,159
1.20 847
1,196
1.41
Average price (ETB/kg) of BLTs product for both seasons = ETB 1.31
Source: field data (2021) (USD = ETB 53.53 at current exchange rate of Ethiopia).
