Production and economic potential of meadows in the low input system of mountain and disadvantaged areas
2007
Holúbek, I., Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, Nitra (Slovak Republic) | Holúbeková, A., Slovenská poľnohospodárska univ. v Nitre (Slovak Republic)
The paper deals with the evaluation of intensification trends in the exploitation of grasslands and it also focuses on the economic, ecological and environmentally useful cultivation and utilization of swards in mountain and disadvantaged areas. The typology and production and ecological classification of perennial grasslands were used for costing of the low input system of grassland cultivation. The calculation formula was used for determining the costs used f or production of dry matter of biomass and its quality. The direct costs and total costs for 1 ha and 1 ton of dry matter as well as the total costs for production of proteins and energy nutrients were calculated. The technology of meadow phytocoenoses of natural production stages was used for the calculation as well. The obtained results were compared with the results of direct and total costs obtained by the Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics in Bratislava in 2002-2004. The average values of the total costs in natural production stages of meadows (L1-L3) reached 7,066 – SKK per ha and the values of the total costs obtained by the Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics reached 2,148- - 3,500- SKK per ha. According to the obtained results, it is possible to conclude that fertilization of grasslands and other technological operation did not reach 50% of costs for the low input systems. Therefore it is necessary to deal with the systems of cultivation of meadow phytocoenoses in conditions of basic production.
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