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ECONOMIC RESULT OF ORGANIC HAZELNUT CULTIVATION IN THE MONTI CIMINI AREA
Article number
845_123
Pages
783 – 788
Language
English
Abstract
In order to analyze the economic results of the hazelnut cultivation in an organic regime, two productive techniques were reconstructed.
The two typologies, due to the different levels of inputs, can be considered as extensive and intensive. The extensive technique is characterized by low-specialized plantations situated in less suited areas, whose yield is 1.5 ton/ha on average.
The intensive technique, adopted in farms whose land dimension and configuration allow a greater mechanization, permits to obtain a yield of 2.4 ton/ha on average with maximum peaks of 3 ton/ha.
Costs and revenues were evaluated for the two techniques and, afterwards, were compared to conventional management methods.
The comparison highlights a substantial homogeneity in variable costs, which are slightly higher than 1,000 /ha for all the three techniques considered, although remarkable variations can be observed in the different categories (raw materials, mechanization, work). On the contrary, revenues vary remarkably according to the different orchard management forms.
This is due to different factors: the productive level, the premium price for organic hazelnut and the presence of public assistance for organic management.
The comparison of gross margins shows that the result of the conventional management is intermediate between those of the two techniques in an organic regime.
This result justifies the contrasting opinions of hazelnut producers on the relative convenience of the two management forms.
The two typologies, due to the different levels of inputs, can be considered as extensive and intensive. The extensive technique is characterized by low-specialized plantations situated in less suited areas, whose yield is 1.5 ton/ha on average.
The intensive technique, adopted in farms whose land dimension and configuration allow a greater mechanization, permits to obtain a yield of 2.4 ton/ha on average with maximum peaks of 3 ton/ha.
Costs and revenues were evaluated for the two techniques and, afterwards, were compared to conventional management methods.
The comparison highlights a substantial homogeneity in variable costs, which are slightly higher than 1,000 /ha for all the three techniques considered, although remarkable variations can be observed in the different categories (raw materials, mechanization, work). On the contrary, revenues vary remarkably according to the different orchard management forms.
This is due to different factors: the productive level, the premium price for organic hazelnut and the presence of public assistance for organic management.
The comparison of gross margins shows that the result of the conventional management is intermediate between those of the two techniques in an organic regime.
This result justifies the contrasting opinions of hazelnut producers on the relative convenience of the two management forms.
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Authors
S. Franco, B. Pancino
Keywords
organic agriculture, crops budget, organic-conventional comparison, hazelnut prices
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