Exploring opportunities for diversification of specialized tobacco farms in the Northwest of Argentina

Exploring opportunities for diversification of specialized tobacco farms in the Northwest of Argentina

Tesis para obtener el grado de Doctor Economía Agraria y gestión (PhD), de la Wageningen University, en 2012

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Main Author: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
Other Authors: Oude Lansink, Alfons
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/tesis doctoral biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Wageningen University 2012
Subjects:Tabaco, Nicotiana tabacum, Diversificación, Especialización de la Producción, Tobacco, Diversification, Production Specialization, Argentina, Región Noroeste, Argentina,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7516
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spelling oai:localhost:20.500.12123-75162021-08-19T18:21:10Z Exploring opportunities for diversification of specialized tobacco farms in the Northwest of Argentina Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela Oude Lansink, Alfons Berentsen, Paul Tabaco Nicotiana tabacum Diversificación Especialización de la Producción Tobacco Diversification Production Specialization Argentina Región Noroeste, Argentina Tesis para obtener el grado de Doctor Economía Agraria y gestión (PhD), de la Wageningen University, en 2012 In the Northwest of Argentina tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is economically and socially important. Tobacco mono-cropping, excessive tillage and inadequate irrigation management cause soil degradation. This and also tobacco production dependence on government subsidies and concern about health damage from tobacco consumption calls for research on diversification. The aim of this thesis was to explore opportunities for diversification of specialized tobacco farms in the Northwest of Argentina. The application of random and fixed effect econometric models to a pseudopanel of data of soil analysis reports showed positive elasticity between SOM (soil organic matter) and Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) availability. The evaluation of SOM improvement through the use of green manure in relation to N (the only significant elasticity) showed that costs and benefits of green manuring would be equal if SOM would increase from the current content of 1.55 % to 3.61 % which is barely achievable. By applying Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis to Agricultural Census data, four clusters of tobacco farms were determined. The largest two clusters in terms of number of farms (90%) concerned highly specialized tobacco farms with 23-24 ha of tobacco. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was used to get a ranking of farming activities for diversification. The final weights of farming activities showed that especially livestock activities and spring-summer crops are important alternatives for tobacco production. Following this ranking of activities a quadratic programming model including maximization of expected income minus risk was applied to a typical specialized tobacco farm. The model results for the current situation showed that all irrigated land was devoted to tobacco production while the rest was used for soybean production, irrespective of the level of risk aversion of farmers, resulting in continuous soil degradation. In the situation with the requirement of no further soil degradation, tobacco and soybean were replaced for an important part by beef bull production (including the production of alfalfa and maize for silage for feeding) and farm gross margin decreased by 35% compared to the current situation. In the situation of abolishment of governmental subsidies on tobacco, the production plan consisted of soybean, beef bulls and tobacco; soil degradation was reversed but the gross margin of the farm decreased by some 60%. EEA Salta Fil: Chavez, María Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina 2020-07-03T16:48:02Z 2020-07-03T16:48:02Z 2012 info:ar-repo/semantics/tesis doctoral info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7516 https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wda/2011495 978-94-6173-420-4 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Wageningen University
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Nicotiana tabacum
Diversificación
Especialización de la Producción
Tobacco
Diversification
Production Specialization
Argentina
Región Noroeste, Argentina
Tabaco
Nicotiana tabacum
Diversificación
Especialización de la Producción
Tobacco
Diversification
Production Specialization
Argentina
Región Noroeste, Argentina
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Nicotiana tabacum
Diversificación
Especialización de la Producción
Tobacco
Diversification
Production Specialization
Argentina
Región Noroeste, Argentina
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Nicotiana tabacum
Diversificación
Especialización de la Producción
Tobacco
Diversification
Production Specialization
Argentina
Región Noroeste, Argentina
Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
Exploring opportunities for diversification of specialized tobacco farms in the Northwest of Argentina
description Tesis para obtener el grado de Doctor Economía Agraria y gestión (PhD), de la Wageningen University, en 2012
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Nicotiana tabacum
Diversificación
Especialización de la Producción
Tobacco
Diversification
Production Specialization
Argentina
Región Noroeste, Argentina
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