Optimizing fertilizer use in coffee crops

Authors

  • Mario Bedoya Cardoso Economía Agrícola-Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Carretera México-Texcoco, km 38.5, C. P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México
  • Raquel Salazar Moreno Ingeniería Agrícola y Uso Integral del Agua-Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Carretera México-Texcoco, km 38.5, C. P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v0i8.1100

Keywords:

coffee, macronutrients, cost reduction, nutritional requirements

Abstract

The falling price of coffee in different stock exchanges in the world, makes this activity become less profitable due to high production costs. Labor and fertilization are the most important factors in production. Therefore, the present study aims to minimize the costs of fertilizer use per hectare-year, using linear programming with different nutritional sources available in the Gigante municipality market in the Huila department, Colombia, considering crop requirements given by Sadeghian and González (2012). Results indicate that using simple nutritional sources, fertilization costs per hectare-year are minimized in 38.52% ($ 329.58 USD) compared to using Hydranova, a compound fertilizer of common use.

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Especial 8 (2014)

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Published

2018-04-13

How to Cite

Bedoya Cardoso, Mario, and Raquel Salazar Moreno. 2018. “Optimizing Fertilizer Use in Coffee Crops”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas, no. 8 (April). México, ME:1433-39. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v0i8.1100.

Issue

No. 8 (2014): Especial

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