Choice between alternative investments in agriculture : the role of organic farming to avoid the abandonment of rural areas
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In Italian lemon orchards, organic management resulted in lower yields than conventional management, but still provided higher NPV because of lower management costs and higher market price.
“For example in Italian lemon orchards, organic management resulted in lower yields than conventional management, but still provided higher NPV because of lower management costs and higher market price (Testa et al., 2015).”
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- Authors
- Testa, R., Foderà, M., Di Trapani, A. M., Tudisca, S., & Sgroi, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Palermo (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Sgroi, Filippo
- Venue
- Ecological Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-10
- Volume
- 83
- Pages
- 227-232
- ISSN
- 0925-8574 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W762875312
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 6.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Ecological Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Agricultural economics and policies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- organic farming, conventional farming, financial sustainability, lemon orchards, citrus cultivation, rural depopulation, labor demand, Sicily
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