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fpoValue

Farmer Producer Organisation economics: determine when collective marketing, aggregation, grading and bulk procurement improve member-farmer returns, and distinguish the total surplus an FPO generates from the benefits farmers actually receive.

Installation

install.packages("fpoValue")   # once accepted on CRAN

Functions

Function Purpose
transaction_costs() Per-farmer transaction costs of a marketing channel
aggregation_savings() Transport, bulk-input and grading economies of aggregation
member_benefit() FPO surplus vs member benefits; distribution across members
break_even_volume() Break-even throughput, membership and procurement price
collective_marketing_scenarios() Individual vs collective channels compared

Example

library(fpoValue)
q <- c(5, 8, 12, 20, 35, 60)
member_benefit(q, outside_price = 1400, member_price = 1480,
               sale_price = 1650, outside_cost = 140, member_cost = 40,
               handling_cost = 60, fixed_cost = 8000, dividend_share = 0.5)

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They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.