Locality | Ratnapura (wet zone) [59] | Bingiriya, Pannala and Kuliyapitiya (coconut triangle) [20] | Seethawakapura (peri-urban) [25] |
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Labour cost | 44% | 15% | 35.33% |
Feeding cost | 41.7% | 47% | 46.61% |
Depreciation of initial investment | 3.1% | NA | 7.85% |
Cost of veterinary services | 3.2% | 3% | 10.2 |
Costs of death and losses | 4.9% | NA | NA |
Breeding and miscellaneous costs | 3.0% | 38%a | NA |