Economic Evaluation of Biodegradable Plastic Films and Paper Mulches Used in Open-Air Grown Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) Crop

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dc.bibliographicCitation.titleAgronomyen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume9(1)es_ES
dc.contributor.authorMarí León, Ana Isabeles_ES
dc.contributor.authorPardo Sanclemente, Gabrieles_ES
dc.contributor.authorCirujeda Ranzenberger, Aliciaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Martínez, Yolandaes_ES
dc.coverage.spatialSanidad Vegetales_ES
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-22T14:22:47Z
dc.date.available2019-01-22T14:22:47Z
dc.date.issued2019es_ES
dc.description.abstractBlack polyethylene (PE) is the most common mulching material used in horticultural crops in the world but its use represents a very serious environmental problem. Biodegradable films and paper mulches are available alternatives but farmers are reluctant to adopt them because of their high market prices. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the economic profitability of eight biodegradable mulching materials available for open-air pepper production. The economic evaluation is based on a four-year trial located in a semi-arid region of Spain. Three scenarios of PE waste management are examined: (i) absence of residues management, (ii) landfill accumulation, and (iii) total recycling. The inclusion of the costs of waste management and recycling under the current Spanish legislation only reduced the final net margin by 0.2%. The results show that an increase in subsidy rates of up to 50.1% on the market price would allow all biodegradable films to be economic alternatives to PE. The study supports the mandatory measures for the farmers to assume the costs of waste management and recycling. Despite savings in field conditioning costs, high market prices of biodegradable materials and papers are not compensated by the current level of subsidies, hampering their adoption in the fields.en
dc.description.otherWaste managementen
dc.description.otherEconomic evaluationen
dc.description.otherBiodegradable mulchen
dc.description.otherPolyethylenees
dc.description.statusPublishedes_ES
dc.identifier.citationAgronomy, vol. 9, num. 1, (2019)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10532/4396
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.relation.doi10.3390/agronomy9010036es_ES
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.agrovocCapsicumes
dc.subject.agrovocPolietilenoes
dc.subject.agrovocCubiertas de plásticoes
dc.subject.agrovocResiduoses
dc.subject.agrovocEvaluación del impacto ambientales
dc.subject.agrovocAcolchadoen
dc.titleEconomic Evaluation of Biodegradable Plastic Films and Paper Mulches Used in Open-Air Grown Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) Cropen
dc.typeJournal Contribution*
dc.type.refereedRefereedes_ES
dc.type.specifiedArticlees_ES

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