Open AccessEstudio de las diferencias de costes de producción del cultivo de naranjo convencional, ecológico e integrado en la Comunidad Valenciana mediante el análisis factorial discriminante
Author(s) -
Elena Ma Peris Moll,
Juan Francisco Juliá Igual,
Sebastià Balasch Parisi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economía agraría y recursos naturales/economía agraria y recursos naturales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-7350
pISSN - 1578-0732
DOI - 10.7201/earn.2005.10.04
Subject(s) - orange (colour) , valencia , agricultural science , geography , factorial analysis , mathematics , irrigation , statistics , biology , horticulture , agronomy , ecology
The aim of this paper was to compare orange production costs in the region of Valencia (Spain), which depend on the way they are grown (conventional, IP or organically), identifying at the same time the cost differences between them. With this purpose, and after analysing the three orange populations cultivated in the region, a sample was designed taking into account not only the location of the plots, but also the irrigation system available at the farm level (drip or flow irrigation). Once the field work was completed, a multivariate analysis, concretely a factor discriminant analysis was implemented to reach the objectives of the research. The results obtained were consistent with the degree of adoption of the different alternative citrus production systems in the region studied.