Título : The Cost-Benefits and Risks of Using Raffia Made of
Biodegradable Polymers: The Case of Pepper and Tomato
Production in Greenhouses |
Autor : Lopez Marin, Josefa ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Gálvez, Amparo ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) del Amor, Francisco Moisés ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Piñero Zapata, María Carmen ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) Brotons, José M. ![](/jspui/image/ORCID.jpg) |
Editor : MDPI |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Estudios Económicos y Financieros |
Fecha de publicación: 2022-02 |
URI : https://hdl.handle.net/11000/31852 |
Resumen :
The use of plastics in agriculture has increased food production and reduced irrigation,
pesticides, and pests. However, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), “disastrous” use has occurred, as agricultural soils are being contaminated and have
begun to threaten food security, peoples’ health, and the environment. One of the most challenging
plastic wastes that must be removed from plants, and instead recycled, is the raffia used to tutor
crops. This work studied the economic risk of introducing raffia made from a biodegradable polymer
in greenhouse pepper and tomato crops. An expert survey was carried out to analyze the evolution
of breaks throughout the season of four biodegradable raffias: cellulose, cellulose + kraft paper,
compostable biopolymer, and jute-rayon, comparing them with a polypropylene control for two years
(2019–2020) in pepper and tomato crops. Fuzzy logic-ordered weighted averages (OWA) were used
to treat and aggregate this information. Income, costs, and the risk of biodegradable raffia breakage
were studied. The results show that the material that performed the best was the biopolymer in the
two crops studied, as it presented a much lower risk of breakage. The breaks in tomatoes were higher
than those produced in pepper for each material. For the biopolymer, the internal rates of return
(3.49% in tomatoes and 8.14% in peppers) and the recovery period (18.50 and 13.45 years for tomato
and pepper crops, respectively) were very similar to those of polypropylene
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Palabras clave/Materias: yarn plastic eco-friendly sustainably fuzzy |
Área de conocimiento : CDU: Ciencias puras y naturales: Generalidades sobre las ciencias puras |
Tipo documento : application/pdf |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8020133 |
Aparece en las colecciones: Artículos Estudios Económicos y Financieros
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