- Authors:
- Abstract:
- The purpose of this paper is to examine different cropping practices, cost structures and gross margins for producing conventional table potatoes in 6 different regions within the European Union: Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia. Findings from this study show that potato cropping practices varies signifi-cantly between these countries with major differences in yields and costs. Italy and Denmark are the two regions with highest gross margins due to high yields and reve-nues. Poland is by far the largest potato producing country among the 6 countries ex-amined in this study. However, the production is primarily based on small scale farm-ing with low yields and low economic revenues.
- Type:
- Working paper, (pr)eprint
- Language:
- English
- Main Research Area:
- Science/technology
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Series:
- Foi Working Paper
- Review type:
- Undetermined
- Publisher:
- Fødevareøkonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, 2005
- Submission year:
- 2005
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 2398193403