3  Model parameterization

3.1 Supply Chain Data

Click on a node of the supply chain to link to the data used in the model for each location along the supply chain.

3.2 Estimated margins

Final data: Estimated margins by location along the dry bean supply chain.

Data includes margins along the dry bean supply chain, presented as a range from high to low. Data are separated by organic/conventional and by different types processes (e.g., canned/bagged, wholesale margin for dried/canned beans), and by scale. In many cases the margins are the across different categories.

All data was gathered throuhg interviews with supply chain actors. Note: A margin is the percentage of the selling price that is profit. Margin = (selling price - cost)/selling price.