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Table 6 Financial and economic values associated with proposed livestock systems and tourism wildlife enterprises - Savanna 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

87,345

1,019,233

3,316,252

34,902,460

At stability

    

 Gross turnover

29,237

374,960

828,721

46,051,817

 Variable financial costs

7,802

223,486

361,592

35,102,546

 Fixed financial costs

10,017

80,864

425,608

7,434,437

 Entrepreneur net income

10017

70,610

41,521

3,514,834

 Community income

18,438

97,610

62,370

1,487,160

Overall return

    

 Financial IRR (10 years)

15.49%

8.30%

6.59%

21.02%

 Financial NPV (10 years at 10%)

24,733

(135,447)

(637,192)

15,202,591

 Wage bill

7,020

27,000

103,950

3,287,160

Economic data

    

 Initial capital

75,501

894,863

3,068,388

30,307,333

 Gross output

24,893

426,422

673,377

41,877,101

 Economic costs

19,136

256,154

584,119

31,476,663

Incremental contribution to GNI

5,757

170,268

89,258

10,400,439

Incremental contribution to NNI

4,536

147,025

(47,474)

9,577,954

 Economic IRR (10 years)

19.76%

10.86%

6.81%

63.09%

 Economic NPV (10 years at 10%)

35,386

56,443

(501,139)

55,517,848

 Number of jobs

1.3

4

7

135

Incremental contribution to GNI per hectare

31.99

24.05

8.93

385.20

Incremental contribution to NNI per hectare

25.20

20.42

(4.75)

354.74

 Community income per hectare

102.43

8.12

6.24

55.08

 Entrepreneur net cash income per hectare

63.43

7.03

4.15

130.18

 Initial economic capital per hectare

419.45

140.25

306.84

1,122.49

 Economic gross output per hectare

138.30

66.63

67.34

1,551.00

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