Christmas tree cultivation as an alternative land use - possibilities and profitability

Sirgmets, R., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu

Christmas tree cultivation as an alternative land use - possibilities and profitability

2009

Sirgmets, R., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia)

Cultivation of Christmas trees is not a very common activity in Estonia at the moment. There are about 290 000 hectares of former agricultural and pasture lands, which are out of use in Estonia (Aastaraamat Mets 2007, 2008). Taking into account the knowhow from Europe, the hypothetical plantation was established and calculation of profitability was made. Profitability of Christmas tree cultivation was compared to the other alternative possibilities of land use. Achieving the output of saleable Christmas trees at least 50%, cultivation of Christmas trees is very competitive compared to other possibilities of land use, but at same time it is also the most capital-intensive.

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AGROVOC Keywords

alternative methods christmas trees cultivation cultivo estonia estonie land use latvia letonia lettonie picea abies pratique culturale profitability recherche rentabilidad research utilisation des terres

Bibliographic information

Published in

Research for Rural Development. International Scientific Conference Proceedings (Latvia)

Issue 15/2009 ISSN 1691-4031

Publisher

LLU

Pagination

p. 143-146

Other Subjects

Rentabilite; Arboles de navidad; Investigacion; Utilizacion de la tierra; Metodos alternativos; Methode alternative; Arbre de noel

Language

English

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3 tables

6 ref.

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Conference; Summary

Source

Research for Rural Development 2009. Annual 15th International Scientific Conference Proceedings, Gaile, Z..- Jelgava (Latvia): LLU, 2009. International Scientific Conference: Research for Rural Development 2009, 15, Jelgava (Latvia), 20-22 May 2009.- p. 143-146

Conference

International Scientific Conference: Research for Rural Development 2009, 15, Jelgava (Latvia), 20-22 May 2009

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