===================================
Cost and Benefit Data
===================================

 **Table 12** presents key data points and sources used in the evaluation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). These data support the assessment of labor costs, benefits,
 and technical parameters associated with various CSA interventions, such as agroforestry,
 contour ditches, smart irrigation, and improved crop varieties. The values are derived from reputable national and
 international studies, with contextual adaptations

.. list-table:: **Table 12.** Key Data Points and Sources for Climate-Smart Agriculture
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 48 52

   * - **Data point considered**
     - **Main source**

   * - Labor cost for installing hedgerow agroforestry systems on a share of cropland
     - *Costs and Benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture: The Case of the Dry Corridor in Guatemala* — ScienceDirect

   * - Annual maintenance cost for hedgerow agroforestry systems
     - Same as above

   * - Labor cost for installing contour ditches on sloping cropland
     - Same as above

   * - Annual maintenance cost for contour ditches
     - Same as above

   * - Monetary value of soil-erosion avoided by contour ditches
     - ScienceDirect study (above); **Land Resources Information Systems in the Caribbean**; Jamaica Information Service factsheet on climate-smart farming

   * - Economic benefit of hedgerow agroforestry products (e.g., fuelwood)
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Labor cost for crop-rotation (maize/bean) practice on a portion of maize area
     - ScienceDirect study (above); *Area Reaped 2014-2023* dataset

   * - Biodiversity benefit from applying CSA practices on part of the cropland
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Labor cost for conservation tillage with mulch on part of cropland
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Value of soil-erosion avoided by conservation tillage
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Aggregate yield increase attributed to CSA practices on a share of cropland
     - UN Trade Map (export values)

   * - Labor cost for adopting pest-/disease-tolerant crop varieties on part of cropland
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Savings from reduced pesticide use with tolerant varieties
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Labor cost for adopting heat-/stress-tolerant crop varieties on part of cropland
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Capital cost for installing drip irrigation on additional irrigated area
     - World Bank data on irrigated land (Jamaica); UNEP DTU policy brief; MOAF quarterly report

   * - Capital cost for installing sprinkler irrigation on the same target area
     - UNEP DTU policy brief

   * - Annual labor cost for maintaining new irrigation systems
     - ScienceDirect study (above)

   * - Yield (and export) increase expected from smart-irrigation expansion
     - Jamaica Information Service; ScienceDirect; FAO AQUASTAT; *Assessment of Land-Use Change in Jamaica 2021*

   * - Substitution of maize with cassava in animal feed (share of current demand)
     - Articles from SciELO, *Food Security*, and studies on maize/cassava trends in Jamaica