ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR BANANA CROP

Authors

  • Fernanda de Paiva Badiz Furlaneto APTA Centro Oeste Paulista - Marília/SP
  • Adriana Novais Martins APTA Médio Paranapanema
  • Maura Seiko Tsutsui Esperancini UNESP, FCA, Campus Botucatu

Keywords:

Musa sp., banana crop, fertilization, production cost, profitability

Abstract

Proper fertilizing management, in order to optimize fruit quality and yield, is a relevant stage on the production process to the rural entrepreneur profitability. So, the aim of this study was to analyze the economic feasibility of five nutrient management practices for banana crop, Cavendish cultivars, in the Médio Paranapanema region, São Paulo State, Brazil, in 2009/2010. The effective operational cost (EOC) and total operational cost (TOC) structures and three profitability indicators were used. Significant differences were observed among the management systems, and the system that resulted in major economic advantage to the producer provided an average profit rate 25.6% higher than other treatments, with total net revenue about 29.5% higher than other management types. The unitary cost was lower for the most profitable nutrient management practice, although the yield was 9.5% lower than the management system that presented the highest yield levels.

KEY-WORDS: Musa sp.; banana crop; fertilization; production cost; profitability.

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Author Biographies

Fernanda de Paiva Badiz Furlaneto, APTA Centro Oeste Paulista - Marília/SP

Pesquisadora Científica, Secretaria da Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Doutoranda, UNESP, Campus de Botucatu/SP. Área de atuação: análise da viabilidade de projetos agropecuários e comercialização agrícola

Adriana Novais Martins, APTA Médio Paranapanema

Pesquisadora Científica, Secretaria da Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Doutora, Área de atuação: fitotecnia.

Maura Seiko Tsutsui Esperancini, UNESP, FCA, Campus Botucatu

Professora, Doutora, Departamento Economia Rural, UNESP, FCA, Campus Botucatu, Área de atuação: economia e sociologia rural.

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Published

2011-06-07

How to Cite

FURLANETO, F. de P. B.; MARTINS, A. N.; ESPERANCINI, M. S. T. ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR BANANA CROP. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 41, n. 2, p. 205–212, 2011. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/10813. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

v. 41, n. 2, Apr./Jun. 2011

Section

Rural Development and Agribusiness

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