Improving Horticultural Supply Chains in Asia and the Developing Economies Requires a Shift in Strategic Thinking

George, Alan P.; Nissen, Robert J.; Broadley, R. H.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2008.794.18

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“…In fact, farmers sell cherry tomatoes directly to local wholesalers that later resell them to fruit and vegetable markets and/or to Large Organized Distribution (LOD). This sales modality determines a weakened contractual power during price negotiations [66][67][68][69], that causes an uncertainty of economic returns and an increase of business risk [70,71]. Moreover, the small size of the surveyed farms and their production process limit a higher degree of mechanization of farming operations, with a negative impact on production cost, also hindering the introduction of technological innovations [72][73][74].…”

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Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato

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Greenhouse tomato cultivation plays an important role in Sicily, being the primary production area in Italy, due to its favorable pedo-climatic conditions that permit extra-seasonal productions. In Sicily, more than half of greenhouse tomato production is derived from the Province of Ragusa on the southeastern coast, where especially cherry tomato typologies are cultivated. Over the last decade, the Ragusa Province has registered a decrease both in terms of greenhouse tomato area and harvested production due to several structural problems that would require restructuring of the tomato supply chain. Thus, since recognition of real costs and profitability of tomato growing is a vital issue, both from the perspective of the farm, as well as from that of the entrepreneur, the aim of this paper was to analyze the economic sustainability of Sicilian greenhouse cherry tomato cultivated in the Ragusa Province. In particular, an economic analysis on 30 representative farms was conducted in order to estimate production costs and profits of greenhouse cherry tomato. According to our results, the lack of commercial organization, which characterizes the small farms we surveyed, determines low contractual power for farmers and, consequently, low profitability.

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Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato

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“…In fact, for other surveyed crops, farmers sold products to local wholesalers that later resold them to fruit and vegetable markets and/or to Large Organized Distribution (orange) or to local cooperative wine cellars (wine grape). In this way, farmers did not have a product differentiation and obtained a low sales price that did not often allow them to remunerate the factors used in the productive process [58,59].…”

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Tropical Fruits as an Opportunity for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas: The Case of Mango in Small-Sized Sicilian Farms

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Over the last decades, in many rural areas in Southern Europe, farmers have abandoned agricultural activity, especially on small-sized farms, leading to an exodus from rural areas towards urbanized ones. In this context, in the early 1980s, some Sicilian farmers introduced mango on their small-sized farms, as certain areas of Sicily are well suited to tropical and subtropical crops, but also to meet increasing consumer interest for these fruits, as they are perceived as functional foods. This paper aimed to evaluate the economic sustainability of mango and to determine whether its introduction could be considered as an alternative to traditional crops. In particular, an economic-financial analysis of mango orchards on small-sized Sicilian farms was performed by adopting a discounted cash flow approach. In order to provide as comprehensive information as possible, mango was compared with two traditional crops that have always played an important socioeconomic role in Southern Italy: wine grape and orange. Results showed a clear economic convenience for mango orchards, denoting an annual gross margin of 14,617.03 €/ha, on average 20 times higher than orange orchards and just less than 40 times higher in respect to vineyards. The higher profitability of mango was also confirmed without considering public grants for the planting phase, and by varying current sales prices and costs. However, it should be considered that the cultivation of mango could represent an opportunity for sustainable development only for certain Sicilian areas, as it is closely related to favorable pedo-climatic conditions.

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“…The horizontal integration ones, instead, aggregate the productive supply, reaching a greater market power (George et al, 2008).…”

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Economic Sustainability of Early Potato Production in the Mediterranean Area

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Trapani²,

Testa³

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American Journal of Applied Sciences

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The interactions between a given commercial enterprise, its territory and development, have become a key issue in recent years. Theories of economic development tell us that a territory may undergo development provided viable, economically sustainable commercial activities exist. Based on the latter postulate, the present paper analyzes the economic sustainability of farming enterprises growing early potatoes in a Mediterranean setting. In particular, the study was conducted in south-eastern Sicily, island in the centre of the Mediterranean. The results underscore their modest profitability, mainly due to a lack of entrepreneurial strategies aimed at enhancing production. This situation leads to shortcomings in terms of economic viability of the considered activities, which according to economic theory underlie an ultimate impoverishment of the territory.

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Improving Horticultural Supply Chains in Asia and the Developing Economies Requires a Shift in Strategic Thinking

Cited by 4 publications

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Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato

Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato

Tropical Fruits as an Opportunity for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas: The Case of Mango in Small-Sized Sicilian Farms

Economic Sustainability of Early Potato Production in the Mediterranean Area

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