Dry Beans — Economics
Metadata research draftEvidence limits
⚠️ Status: drafted from the literature survey. Values Unknown until source notes.
Input costs (per area / per kg)
Section titled “Input costs (per area / per kg)”- Seed cost. Unknown. Water. Unknown. Fertilizer/amendments (often none — legume fixes N). Unknown. Equipment and consumables. Unknown.
- Establishment + maintenance labor. Unknown.
- Harvest + shelling + cleaning labor (modest for a staple). Unknown. Hours per kg — Needs experiment (see
processing.md).
Processing / storage costs
Section titled “Processing / storage costs”- Containers, drying, airtight pest-proof jars/tins. Unknown.
Cost per kg
Section titled “Cost per kg”- Cost of home-grown clean dry beans per kg vs market price. Unknown.
Market equivalent
Section titled “Market equivalent”- Price of packaged dry beans/frijol (Mexican bean market) for comparison (a data point, not advice). Unknown.
Small-scale relevance
Section titled “Small-scale relevance”- Whether home-grown beans are economical vs convenience; the honest framing is capability and food security (a direct Mesoamerican staple). Unknown/narrative.
Structured-data impact
Section titled “Structured-data impact”- Economics is narrative; no dedicated structured fields in the initial schema. Currency unspecified until a project convention is set.