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AGRICULTURE-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10090409
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organic and conventional production; hazelnuts; cost-benefit analysis; net present value; internal rate of return; payback time
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In this study, the economic profitability of hazelnut production in central Italy using conventional and organic farming systems was evaluated using the cost-benefit analysis methodology. Viterbo's province is the leading province in Italy in terms of quantity produced. Three indicators were calculated for both farming systems: net present value, payback time, internal rate of return. The analysis was conducted utilizing primary data collected by means of interviews and surveys with local farmers and organizations of producers. The collected production data refer to the decade 2008-2018; a global area of 100.34 ha and 76.14 ha were considered for conventional and organic cultivation, respectively. Sensitivity analysis was carried out considering different discount rates, price variability, and inflation rates. The net present value is equal to 92,800 euro/ha and to 3778 euro/ha, the payback time is 10.47 years and 42.94 years, while the internal rate of return is 12.2% and 1.1% for the conventional and organic production systems, respectively. The conventional production system performs significantly more remuneratively, considering that the price premium paid by the market for the organic product and the subsidies granted to organic farmers are not sufficient to balance the lower yield.
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