Open AccessThe Effect of Yields on Picking Efficiency in Coffee Production
Author(s) -
S. Silva,
Fernando Abruña,
Jose VicenteChandler
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v44i4.13806
Subject(s) - acre , production (economics) , productivity , production efficiency , differential (mechanical device) , mathematics , human fertilization , agricultural engineering , agricultural science , agronomy , environmental science , economics , biology , engineering , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , aerospace engineering
Picking efficiency was found to increase gradually with yields of coffee up to about 1,800 pounds of market coffee per acre in 128 plots varying widely in productivity as a result of differential fertilization.