A Comparative Economic Study of Tomato Production by Hydroponics and Conventional Agriculture (With Soil) in Greenhouses: A Case Study in the Nubaria Region
Shady Mohamed Shawky Abdelmawgoud
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Hossam Hosney Abdul Aziz
Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt.
Ahmed Abdel Ati Shibl
Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt.
Mufidah Al-Sayed Qabeel
Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
One of the most important challenges and obstacles faced by tomato farmers in the new lands is the scarcity of productive resources and their high cost, especially the suppliers of fresh water and arable land, which negatively affects the net yield. Therefore, this research paper aims to make a comparison between tomato production using traditional greenhouses (with soil) and using Hydroponics technology in the new lands with the research sample, aiming to measure the effect of using hydroponics in agricultural greenhouses on the most important indicators of economic returns, by studying and analyzing the cost components of the two production types and studying the most important productive, economic and financial indicators.
Keywords: Tomato, hydroponic, greenhouse, agriculture