Producing lettuce in soil-based or in soilless outdoor systems. Which is more economically profitable?

J.F. Maestre-Valero, B. Martin-Gorriz, M. Soto-García, M.A. Martinez-Mate and V. Martinez-Alvarez

Agricultural Water Management, 2018, vol. 206, issue C, 48-55

Abstract: This manuscript presents an economic assessment of two lettuce production systems, soil cultivation (SC) and nutrient film technique (NFT), under three supply scenarios considering increasing desalinated seawater (DSW) availability.

Keywords: Nutrient film technique; Water productivity; Net present value; Outflow-inflow analysis; Desalinated seawater (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.022

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