CIAIMBITAL Research Center, Agrifood International Excellence Campus, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Department of Economics and Business, University of Almería, Carretera Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 14;16(16):2908. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16162908.
The high-yield agricultural model in Almería is based on eight different crops. Having led fruit and vegetable exports in Spain for more than 50 years, a decrease in melon and watermelon growing areas in Almería caused a change in supply that affected the model's profit. Papaya cultivation could reactivate the profit of the agricultural model in Almería and also improve the available product range. The papaya crop needs greenhouse infrastructures high enough to contain the growth and size of the plants during a cycle crop, which is possible in most of the greenhouses of the Horticultural production model of Almería. The papaya harvests obtained in the region meet the quality requirements demanded by European markets. Furthermore, yields obtained are equal or higher than yields obtained by other producing countries. This crop improves profit compared with the profit obtained from the rotation of other horticultural crops that have been traditionally grown in the region.
阿尔梅里亚的高产农业模式基于八种不同的作物。作为西班牙水果和蔬菜出口 50 多年的领导者，阿尔梅里亚的瓜类种植面积减少导致了供应的变化，影响了该模式的利润。木瓜种植可以重振阿尔梅里亚农业模式的利润，并改善可用产品范围。木瓜作物需要足够高的温室基础设施来容纳植物在一个周期作物中的生长和大小，这在阿尔梅里亚园艺生产模式的大多数温室中是可行的。该地区收获的木瓜符合欧洲市场要求的质量要求。此外，所获得的产量与其他传统种植的园艺作物的产量相等或更高。与该地区传统种植的其他园艺作物的轮作相比，这种作物提高了利润。
