Mohammad Javam; Mahmoud Ghasemi Nejad Raeini; afshin marzban
Abstract
Today, farmers are looking for solutions to increase production and income. One of these solutions is the supplyink off-season crops and horticultural products. Considering the high level of okra production and consumption in Khuzestan province, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the ...
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Today, farmers are looking for solutions to increase production and income. One of these solutions is the supplyink off-season crops and horticultural products. Considering the high level of okra production and consumption in Khuzestan province, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the economic systems of this product. In this area, okra is cultivated in three ways: okra planted under plastic, mulch and open field. Required data was collected using face-to-face questionnaire from 120 okra growers. The highest amount of net income (287.44 million Rials per hectare) was obtained in okra planted under plastic, plastic mulch (87.06) and open field (61.98) were in the next priorities respectively. The highest amount of benefit-cost ratio (3.7) was obtained in okra planted under plastic, open field (2.3) and plastic mulch (2.1) were in the next priorities respectively. The highest amount of production cost (103 million Rials per hectare) was obtained in in okra planted under plastic, plastic mulch (78.5) and open field (48.7) were in the next priorities respectively. The highest amount of mechanization cost index (10.6%) was obtained in open field, plastic mulch (6.8%) and okra planted under plastic (4.6%) were in the next priorities respectively.
