Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan

Bhutan aspires to be an entirely organic nation. Food self-sufficiency and increasing farm household income are critical priorities in the country. Realising these priorities necessitates assessing the country’s current organic agriculture performance. The objectives of this study were to investigat...

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Autores principales:	Lepcha Norden, Mankeb Panya, Suwanmaneepong Suneeporn
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	cost and return analysis constraints farm household income farm-gate price organic agriculture’s performance potato production Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:05fedcc10b08447c97bf96e5df0985a62021-12-05T14:10:59ZProductivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan2391-953110.1515/opag-2021-0044https://doaj.org/article/05fedcc10b08447c97bf96e5df0985a62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2021-0044https://doaj.org/toc/2391-9531Bhutan aspires to be an entirely organic nation. Food self-sufficiency and increasing farm household income are critical priorities in the country. Realising these priorities necessitates assessing the country’s current organic agriculture performance. The objectives of this study were to investigate the productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato and farmers’ constraints in producing organic potato in West-Central Bhutan. Multistage and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the study sample. A semi-structured questionnaire and face-to-face interviews were employed to gather primary data for the 2019 cropping cycle from 93 potato farmers: 43 organic farmers in the Gasa District and 50 conventional farmers in Wangdue Phodrang District. Descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis, and independent sample t-test were applied for data analysis. The results revealed that the conventional potato’s productivity (tuber yield) and profitability were significantly higher (p < 0.001) than organic potatoes. The average productivities for organic and conventional potatoes were 7.48 and 19.22 t/ha, respectively. Organic potato farmers incurred a loss of −202,708.47 Ngultrum (Nu)/ha, while conventional potato farmers incurred a profit of 83,832.85 Nu/ha. The benefit-cost ratios of organic and conventional potato stood at 0.40 and 1.27, respectively. Lack of premium price, pest and disease problems, low crop productivity, and climate change were the constraints faced by organic potato farmers. The study found that the productivity and profitability of the conventional potatoes were higher than the organic potatoes in West-Central Bhutan in the current scenario. Further, the critical information will contribute to guiding Bhutan’s vision for its organic agriculture development.Lepcha NordenMankeb PanyaSuwanmaneepong SuneepornDe Gruyterarticlecost and return analysisconstraintsfarm household incomefarm-gate priceorganic agriculture’s performancepotato productionAgricultureSAgriculture (General)S1-972ENOpen Agriculture, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 640-654 (2021)
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spellingShingle	cost and return analysis constraints farm household income farm-gate price organic agriculture’s performance potato production Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972 Lepcha Norden Mankeb Panya Suwanmaneepong Suneeporn Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
description	Bhutan aspires to be an entirely organic nation. Food self-sufficiency and increasing farm household income are critical priorities in the country. Realising these priorities necessitates assessing the country’s current organic agriculture performance. The objectives of this study were to investigate the productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato and farmers’ constraints in producing organic potato in West-Central Bhutan. Multistage and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the study sample. A semi-structured questionnaire and face-to-face interviews were employed to gather primary data for the 2019 cropping cycle from 93 potato farmers: 43 organic farmers in the Gasa District and 50 conventional farmers in Wangdue Phodrang District. Descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis, and independent sample t-test were applied for data analysis. The results revealed that the conventional potato’s productivity (tuber yield) and profitability were significantly higher (p < 0.001) than organic potatoes. The average productivities for organic and conventional potatoes were 7.48 and 19.22 t/ha, respectively. Organic potato farmers incurred a loss of −202,708.47 Ngultrum (Nu)/ha, while conventional potato farmers incurred a profit of 83,832.85 Nu/ha. The benefit-cost ratios of organic and conventional potato stood at 0.40 and 1.27, respectively. Lack of premium price, pest and disease problems, low crop productivity, and climate change were the constraints faced by organic potato farmers. The study found that the productivity and profitability of the conventional potatoes were higher than the organic potatoes in West-Central Bhutan in the current scenario. Further, the critical information will contribute to guiding Bhutan’s vision for its organic agriculture development.
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title	Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
title_short	Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
title_full	Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
title_fullStr	Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
title_full_unstemmed	Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan
title_sort	productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (solanum tuberosum l.) production in west-central bhutan
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publishDate	2021
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Productivity and profitability of organic and conventional potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in West-Central Bhutan

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