Potato production in Europe - a gross margin analysis

TY - UNPB

T1 - Potato production in Europe - a gross margin analysis

AU - Pedersen, Søren Marcus

AU - Bizik, Jan

AU - Costa, Luisa Dalla

AU - Coutinho, João

AU - Dolezal, Frantisek

AU - Gluska, Anna

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - The purpose of this paper is to examine different cropping practices, cost structures and gross margins for producing conventional table potatoes in 6 different regions within the European Union: Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia. Findings from this study show that potato cropping practices varies signifi-cantly between these countries with major differences in yields and costs. Italy and Denmark are the two regions with highest gross margins due to high yields and reve-nues. Poland is by far the largest potato producing country among the 6 countries ex-amined in this study. However, the production is primarily based on small scale farm-ing with low yields and low economic revenues.

AB - The purpose of this paper is to examine different cropping practices, cost structures and gross margins for producing conventional table potatoes in 6 different regions within the European Union: Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia. Findings from this study show that potato cropping practices varies signifi-cantly between these countries with major differences in yields and costs. Italy and Denmark are the two regions with highest gross margins due to high yields and reve-nues. Poland is by far the largest potato producing country among the 6 countries ex-amined in this study. However, the production is primarily based on small scale farm-ing with low yields and low economic revenues.

M3 - Working paper

T3 - FOI Working Paper

SP - 1

EP - 39

BT - Potato production in Europe - a gross margin analysis

PB - Fødevareøkonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

CY - Frederiksberg

ER -