Upcoming technologies for maize storage have sometimes been promoted without being subjected to trials and economic analysis. In the recent past, new storage technologies, actellic super, super grain bag and the metal silo have been developed. In this paper, the results of crop loss trials are...

Pine wood nematode, B. xylophilus poses a serious threat for the European forest industry. This study applies a quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pine wood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within forestry stock available for wood supply and its...

Jelen tanulmányban, primer adatgyűjtés alapján öt, hazánkban kiemelt jelentőségűnek tartott növénytermesztési ágazat – őszi búza, kukorica, őszi káposztarepce, őszi árpa és napraforgó – modellezését és a modell eredményeinek üzemtani elemzését végeztem el. A...

In view of the economic importance of organic farming, the present study was taken up in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India. The total cost of cultivation of organic and conventional turmeric per hectare was worked out to US$ 2641.43 and US$ 3529.13 respectively. The net income per hectare was...

A mixed-integer programming model is developed to assess the economic feasibility of siting a woody biomass-based ethanol facility in the central Appalachian hardwood region. The model maximizes the net present value (NPV) of a facility over its economic life. Model inputs include biomass...

The use of economic analysis to aid farm input investment decisions has been contentious because of observed flatness of economic response in the region of the optimum input. In this paper an application of a crop simulation model, to specify the production response, in conjunction with...

Este trabajo presenta un analisis economico y estrategico del eslabon primario de la fruticultura en el Alto Valle de Rio Negro. La metodologia de trabajo comienza con un minucioso estudio del proceso de produccion, a traves del cual se disena un sistema de costeo para determinadas variedades de...

La agricultura europea ha estado generosamente subvencionada, hasta el punto que un elevado número de decisiones empresariales se han tomado dependiendo casi exclusivamente del importe de las mismas. En este trabajo se analizan las cuentas anuales de las cooperativas fruteras de la provincia de...