量化非营销的堆肥效益,用于园艺应用
Emmanuel K Yiridoe1, Qiaojie Chen1, Chidozie Okoye2
1Department of Business and Social Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS, Canada.
概括
在幼儿园量化堆肥的好处揭示了重要的经济价值. 发酵式堆肥比热友堆肥提供更高的回报,主要是由于植物产量和性能的提高.
科学领域:
- 农业经济学 农业经济学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 园艺园艺 园艺园艺
背景情况:
- 由于非市场价值,亲环境活动的社会效益很难量化.
- 堆肥的好处是缺乏市场价格,使经济估值变得复杂.
- 这项研究量化了农业中堆肥的非市场益处.
研究的目的:
- 量化树木和灌木苗圃生产中非市场化堆肥效益的经济价值.
- 为了比较热友和发酵堆肥方法的经济效益.
- 确定对经济价值有贡献的关键堆肥效益.
主要方法:
- 应用显露偏好方法来量化经济价值.
- 评估了堆肥的好处,包括盆栽媒介,营养供应 (NPK),植物产量,疾病/害虫/杂草控制和减少修剪.
- 通过有氧 (热性) 和静态堆内注射 (发酵) 方法生产的堆肥进行比较.
主要成果:
- 发酵堆肥的总经济价值 (加拿大385美元//年) 比热友堆肥 (加拿大192美元//年) 高.
- 较低的生产成本有助于发酵堆肥的经济价值更高.
- 改善的苗圃植物产量和性能代表了最大的益处比例 (热友植物的75%,发酵植物的93%).
结论:
- 在幼儿园中使用堆肥提供了大量可量化的经济效益.
- 在这种情况下,发酵式堆肥方法在经济上比热友性方法更有利.
- 进一步的研究应该探索在各种农业系统中更广泛的堆肥益处和应用.
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