ECONOMIC RISK FACTORS IN ORGANIC GRAIN FARMING

• Authors: Mihajeva L.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article reports the results obtained during a study of the economic efficiency of organic grain farming and risk factors that reduce efficiency. It was determined that all the surveyed farms which did not use modern plant nutrients or pesticides in the production of rye, barley and wheat suffered great economic losses. These losses result from a disparity between high production costs and low income from the actual or potential sale of grain. The cause of losses is the low grain yield: however, the main economic risk is caused by low photosynthesis capability exhausted by plant diseases and insufficient plant nutrition, a condition that prevents the accumulation of solar energy in order to ensure an economically efficient yield.

Keywords

EN

GRAIN CROPS; ORGANIC FARMING EFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 1(50)
• Pages: 147-153
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mihajeva L.

• L. Mihajeva, Latvian University of Agriculture, Svetes iela 18, Jelgava, LV 3001, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08LVAAAA03797606