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Table 5 Financial and economic values associated with livestock systems and tourism wildlife viewing enterprises – Woodland biome (N$, 2008, where N$1.00 = US$0.13)

From: Expected climate change impacts on land and natural resource use in Namibia: exploring economically efficient responses

 

Traditional

Cattle post

Commercial

Tourism

Financial data

    

 Initial capital

99,381

1,064,782

3,259,660

11,825,946

At stability

    

 Gross turnover

35,225

380,143

937,506

15,076,056

 Financial costs variable

8,050

241,301

418,605

7,701,617

 Financial costs fixed

10,677

81,713

424,152

3,089,850

 Entrepreneur net cash income

16,498

57,129

94,749

4,284,590

 Community income

23,518

27,000

62,370

626,400

Overall return

    

 Financial IRR (10 years)

19.99%

7.79%

7.09%

35.05%

 Financial NPV (10 years at 10%)

48,792

(19,245)

(570,856)

17,509,309

 Wage bill

7,020

27,000

62,370

1,144,800

Economic data

    

 Initial capital

86,756

958,603

2,979,933

10,814,706

 Gross output

29,372

432,123

814,223

16,335,133

 Economic costs

19,549

263,867

608,497

9,368,723

Incremental contribution to GNI

9,823

168,256

205,726

6,966,410

Incremental contribution to NNI

7,963

145,309

69,992

6,292,706

 Economic IRR (10 years)

23.94%

11.53%

7.49%

70.29%

 Economic NPV (10 years) at 10%)

56,184

99,006

(409,815)

34,391,437

 Number of jobs

1.3

4

5

28

Incremental contribution to GNI per hectare

54.57

26.29

20.57

483.78

Incremental contribution to NNI per hectare

44.24

22.70

7.00

436.99

 Community income per hectare

130.66

4.22

6.24

43.50

 Entrepreneur net cash income per hectare

91.66

8.93

9.47

297.54

 Initial economic capital per hectare

481.98

149.78

297.99

751.02

 Economic gross output per hectare

163.18

67.52

81.42

1,134.38

  1. IRR, internal rate of return; GNI, gross national income; NNI, net national income; NPV, net present value.