scholarly journals Comparative Technical and Economic Analysis of Organic and Conventional Soybean Production in Greece

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Stella KARIDOGIANNI ◽  
Ioannis ROUSSIS ◽  
Konstantinos TSIMPOUKAS ◽  
Panayiota PAPASTYLIANOU ◽  
Dimitrios BILALIS
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Organic Cultivation ◽  
Alternative Crop ◽  
Technical And Economic Analysis ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
The Cost

Soybean is considered to be an alternative crop and its cultivation could offer an innovative and high-quality product. A case study was implemented on an existing farm to examine the prospects of soybean production in Greece and to evaluate the economic outcomes of the crop cultivation under organic and conventional cropping system. The economic analysis showed that the cost of conventional soybean production was 0.37 €/kg, while the cost of organic soybeans was 0.50 €/kg. The organic and conventional soybean selling prices were 0.6 and 0.4 €/kg, respectively. In addition, the financial performance of the farm improved after the introduction of organic soybean crop, where the net profit increased by 26.3% compared to the initial profit of the farm, while the increase in the conventional was less at 10%. Soybean is a relatively new crop in Greece with high net profit, especially under organic cultivation mainly due to lower inflow of external imports.

scholarly journals A Comparative Techno-Economic Analysis of Organic and Conventional Nigella sativa L. Crop Production in Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Evangelia STEFANOPOULOU ◽  
Ioannis ROUSSIS ◽  
Konstantinos TSIMPOUKAS ◽  
Stella KARIDOGIANNI ◽  
Ioanna KAKABOUKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Nigella Sativa ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Organic N ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Alternative Crop ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
The Cost

Nigella sativa L. is considered to be an alternative crop offering innovative and high-quality products. A case study was implemented on an existing farm to determine the prospects of N. sativa production in Greece and to assess the economic outcomes of the cultivation of this crop under organic and conventional cropping systems. The total production cost of organic N. sativa seeds was 6.09 €/kg, while the cost of conventional seeds was 4.77 €/kg. The organic and conventional N. sativa seed selling prices were 17.04 and 12.01 €/kg, respectively. Moreover, the financial performance of farm is better after the introduction of N. sativa crop under organic cropping system, where the net profit increased by 63.8% compared to the initial profit of the farm, while the increase in the conventional was less at 49.2%. N

scholarly journals Framework for Microgrid Design Using Social, Economic, and Technical Analysis

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athila Santos ◽  
Zheng Ma ◽  
Casper Olsen ◽  
Bo Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Optimization Framework ◽  
Framework Design ◽  
Technical And Economic Analysis ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Feasible Solutions

Microgrids are emerging as feasible solutions to handle local energy systems. Several factors influence the development of such systems, such as technical, economic, social, legal, and regulatory issues. These important aspects need to be addressed to design appropriate microscale projects that take into consideration adequate technology without underestimating local characteristics. This article aims to propose a framework design for microgrid optimization using technical, social, and economic analysis. The framework is presented through a small island case study that shows each step of the method. As a contribution, this work provides a multi-objective optimization framework with different criteria consideration, such as the inhabitants’ cost of living and inter-cultural aspects, instead of traditional technical and economic analysis. The results show the applicability of the proposed framework showing better alternatives when compared with actual or future improvements in the study case scenario.

scholarly journals Modeling Sunflower Productivity and Profitability in Relation to Adequate and Limited Sulphur Availability under Semiarid Irrigated Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvender Sheoran ◽  
O. P. Sheoran ◽  
Virender Sardana
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Function ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Optimum Dose ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
The Cost ◽  
High Quality Product

Inadequate and/or imbalanced fertilization has been identified as one of the critical bottlenecks holding oilseeds production and productivity. Sustainable production requires efficient use of inputs maintaining optimum yield and high quality product. The present study aims at defining the quantitative relationship between the fertilizer S applied and the sunflower yield obtained using a polynomial function. The analysis was done to allocate the S fertilizer for maximization of net profit over fertilizer cost depending on the availability of the fertilizer. The results indicated that the cost effective economically optimum dose of sulphur for sunflower cultivation was found to be 36.70 kg S/ha under its full availability. The expected sunflower yield at this dose was worked out to be 2.619 t/ha. However, it is advisable to uniformly distribute the fertilizer to all over the cultivable area under its limited availability for exploiting the desired yield potential and maximum net monetary returns.

scholarly journals Value Chain Analysis of Fish in Meghalaya: A Case Study in East Khasi Hills District

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Singh
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
Fermented Fish ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Fish Marketing

This study on ‘Value Chain Analysis of Fish in Meghalaya: A case study in East Khasi Hills district’ has been conducted in 2020-21 with specific objectives (1) To map the actors involved in the value chain of fish business. (2) To estimate the value addition in fish marketing by the value chain actors. The value chain actors were identified and the structure of the value chains was mapped. The study revealed that the most commonly followed method of value addition of fish in the study area are fermenting, drying and smoking. The cost incurred for making fermented fish was observed to be ` 21.50/kg, ` 16.50/kg for dry fish and ` 37.50/kg for smoked fish. Additionally, net profit was found to be highest in value-added fish than compared to fresh ones. Therefore, value addition should be encouraged among fish farmers to increase net profit.

scholarly journals Application of Value Analysis Techniques on a Rucksack: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Utkarsh Tiwari ◽  
Omprakash P ◽  
V.S. Giri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Potential Saving ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Engineering Technique ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
Customer Delight ◽  
The Cost

Manufacturers are allocating more of their resources to achieve customer delight by providing a better quality product and additional features at the lowest possible cost not only to acquire the market for existing product but also to increase and secure the demand for future products.With the increase in trend of travelling, the manufacturers need to meet and exceed the demands of their customers, the most vital demand of travellers are comfortable, reliable and multifunctional backpacks. Therefore, it become a necessity for manufacturers to control the cost and introduce new features to the rucksack.The aim of the paper “Application of Value Analysis Techniques on a Rucksack” is to perform a case study to improve and introduce new features in a rucksack through VA/VE methodology. The essence of value engineering technique involves the critical analysis of the functions of a product over all of its stages and producing a creative and innovative way to achieve the function at the lowest cost. Value analysis is an approach to improve the value of an item or process by understanding its constituent components and their associated costs. It then seeks to find improvements to the components by either reducing their cost or increasing the value of the functions. Upon application of VA methodology, a potential saving and multifunctionality is observed in the rucksack.

scholarly journals Techno-economic aspects and problems of the rotary rowing units introduction in the modernization and construction of ships (on the example of projects 1809 and CNF11CPD)

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Samuleev Samuleev ◽  
Yuri P. Mukhin Mukhin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Technical And Economic Analysis ◽  
Matlab Package ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
The Cost

The article contains a detailed analysis of studies related to the use of existing and new principles of fuel economy, and reducing the cost of re-equipment and operation of vessels of the above projects. The authors of the article did not set out to analyze the technical features of these projects. Only by linking to these projects, the analysis was done for the entire fleet of this type as a whole. A technical and economic analysis of the characteristics, modeling of the main and auxiliary installations in the Matlab package, providing fuel economy on the example of ships of projects 1809 and CNF11CPD, is carried out. Then a physical simulation was carried out. As a result of testing a vessel with a rotary rowing electric installation (RSEU), a qualitative analysis of the data obtained was carried out, conclusions were drawn that allow us to judge the possibility of large-scale use of such installations in maritime transport.

scholarly journals Dynamic Reconfiguration Systems for PV Plant: Technical and Economic Analysis

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2004
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Schettino ◽  
Filippo Pellitteri ◽  
Guido Ala ◽  
Rosario Miceli ◽  
Pietro Romano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Dynamic Reconfiguration ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Hardware Complexity ◽  
Partial Shading ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Technical And Economic Analysis ◽  
Incentive Policies ◽  
The Cost

Solar plants suffer of partial shading and mismatch problems. Without considering the generation of hot spots and the resulting security issues, a monitoring system for the health of a PV plant should be useful to drive a dynamic reconfiguration system (DRS) to solve bottlenecks due to different panels’ shading. Over the years different DRS architectures have been proposed, but no suggestions about costs and benefits have been provided. Starting from technical subjects such as differences of the topologies driving the hardware complexity and number of components, this paper identifies the cost of DRS and its lifetime, and based on these issues it provides an economic analysis for a 6 kWp PV plant in different European Union countries, in which the dissimilar incentive policies have been considered.

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