Profit Analysis of Papaya Crops under Greenhouses as an Alternative to Traditional Intensive Horticulture in Southeast Spain

Mireille N. Honoré, Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña, Asensio Navarro-Velasco and Francisco Camacho-Ferre
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Mireille N. Honoré: CIAIMBITAL Research Center, Agrifood International Excellence Campus, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña: CIAIMBITAL Research Center, Agrifood International Excellence Campus, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Asensio Navarro-Velasco: Vitalplant Nursery-Paraje Balsaseca, San Isidro-Níjar, 04117 Almería, Spain
Francisco Camacho-Ferre: CIAIMBITAL Research Center, Agrifood International Excellence Campus, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-22

Abstract: The high-yield agricultural model in Almería is based on eight different crops. Having led fruit and vegetable exports in Spain for more than 50 years, a decrease in melon and watermelon growing areas in Almería caused a change in supply that affected the model’s profit. Papaya cultivation could reactivate the profit of the agricultural model in Almería and also improve the available product range. The papaya crop needs greenhouse infrastructures high enough to contain the growth and size of the plants during a cycle crop, which is possible in most of the greenhouses of the Horticultural production model of Almería. The papaya harvests obtained in the region meet the quality requirements demanded by European markets. Furthermore, yields obtained are equal or higher than yields obtained by other producing countries. This crop improves profit compared with the profit obtained from the rotation of other horticultural crops that have been traditionally grown in the region.

Keywords: Carica papaya; alternative crop; transplant of sex-identified plants; productive structure for intensive crops (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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