Economic indicators of different ways of strawberry production on family farms

Abstract

The data on both conventional and organic strawberry production were collected through a survey on family farms in the western part of Serbia, in the period June-September 2014. The subject of this research is a comparative analysis of economic performance of different ways of growing strawberries. Based on data collected by the survey, the average total revenue and total expenditure in this production were assessed for the surface of 1 ha, and for both conventional and organic way of growing. Then, using the static method for the business period of five years the indicators of economic feasibility of strawberries are determined as originally set as the objective of this research. The results determined are: the average net profit, the accumulation rate, the rate of return in the production of strawberries etc. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the production of strawberries is very profitable, and that more favorable economic results are achieved through organic production.

Na porodičnim gazdinstvima u zapadnoj Srbiji, u periodu jun-septembar 2014. anketom su prikupljeni podaci o proizvodnji jagode na konvencionalan i organski način. Predmet ovog istraživanja je komparativna analiza ekonomskih rezultata različitih načina uzgoja jagode. Na bazi prikupljenih podataka anketom, utvrđeni su prosečni ukupni prihodi i rashodi u ovoj prozvodnji na površini od 1 ha, i za konvencionalni i organski način. Zatim, primenom statičkih metoda za period poslovanja od pet godina, utvrđeni su pokazatelji ekonomske opravdanosti proizvodnje jagode koji su postavljeni samim ciljem ovog istraživanja. Utvrđeni su: prosečna neto dobit, stopa akumulativnosti, vremenski period povraćaja kapitala u proizvodnji jagode i dr. Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata, može se zaključiti je da je proizvodnja jagode veoma profitabilna, a da se na organski način u odnosu na konvencionalni, postižu povoljniji ekonomski rezultati.