AI ASSISTED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GREENHOUSE AND OPEN FIELD SWEET PEPPER PRODUCTION

Emhemed Daw; Gordana Dozet; Marija Bajagić; Milan Ugrinović

doi:10.59267/ekoPolj260113D

Authors

Emhemed Daw Ph.D student, Faculty of Biofarming Bačka Topola - Megatrend University, Marshal Tito street 39, 24300 Bačka Topola, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4323-9262
Gordana Dozet Ph.D, Full professor, Faculty of Biofarming Bačka Topola - Megatrend University, Marshal Tito street 39, 24300 Bačka Topola, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-7739
Marija Bajagić Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University Bijeljina, Faculty of Agriculture, Pavlovića put bb, 76300 Bijeljina, Republic Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-8302
Milan Ugrinović Ph.D, senior scientific associate, Institute for vegetable crops, Karadjordjeva street 71, 11420 Smederevska Palanka, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1590-4489

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59267/ekoPolj260113D

Keywords:

Economic analysis, sweet pepper cultivation, yield, horticulture, greenhouse

Abstract

Sweet pepper is a valued vegetable, both among producersand consumers. During the 2017 and 2018 greenhouseexperiments and a field trials with different microbiologicalfertilizers were used to analyze the yields and profitabilityof sweet pepper production. Contrary to the yields obtainedin the greenhouse (14.23 and 13.42 t/0.1ha), the yields inthe open field had significantly lower values (4.324 and4.877 t/0.1ha). Also, the key difference is in the number ofrealized harvests and their dynamics during the productionseason which is also connected to market prices and profit.The coefficients of cost-effectiveness were 1.88 and 1.99in the greenhouse, and 1.39 and 1.45 in the open field, in2017 and 2018 respectively. Producers should be opted tothe greenhouse production because of the higher yieldsand number of harvests outside the main season, whenproduct prices are higher.

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