COST OF SEEDLING TUBERS PRODUCED FROM TRUE POTATO SEED IN THE SPRING SEASON IN EGYPT, 1989 | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Volume 72, Issue 4, December 1994, Pages 1063-1074 PDF (2.78 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.1994.454549 | ||
| Authors | ||
| RAMZY EL-BEDEWY1; MOUNER F. SABAA2; CHARLES C. CRISSMAN1; MOHAMED F. SHARAF2 | ||
| 1International Potato Centre (OP), Kafr El Zayat, Egypt and Quito , Ecuador. | ||
| 2Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Cost of producing seedling tubers-small tubers from densely planted TPS-in plastic house-protected nursery beds in four sites during the spring season 1989 in Egypt are measured. Average yields were 7.7 Kg/m2, an improvement over previous levels. Peat moss and plastic were the most important single cost items as they represent about 44% of the total cost. The cost of TPS was 2% of total costs . The cost of producing one ton of seedling tubers was $ 571 and the results indicated that the cost of planting material on a unit area basis can be reduced by 48% by using seedling tubers vs traditional seed tubers. | ||
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