Profitability of Management Systems on German Fenlands
| Autor: | Yusuf Nadi Karatay, Annette Prochnow, Günther Filler, Marco Rebhann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Profit (accounting)
Geography Planning and Development Labor demand organic soils TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Agricultural economics cost-efficiency Renewable energy sources Ecosystem services biogas Revenue GE1-350 0105 earth and related environmental sciences milk Land use Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry land use 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences farm management beef Environmental sciences climate change Agriculture Management system 040103 agronomy & agriculture peatland combustion 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Profitability index Business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 8, Iss 11, p 1103 (2016) Sustainability; Volume 8; Issue 11; Pages: 1103 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Fens are organic sites that require drainage for agricultural use. Lowering the groundwater level leads to trade-offs between economic benefits and environmental impacts (i.e., CO2 and nutrient emissions). To identify management options that are both environmentally and economically sustainable, a propaedeutic systematic analysis of the costs, income and profit of different land use and management systems on fenlands is necessary. This study provides an overview of the profitability, labor demand and comparative advantages of feasible management systems on German fenlands. Twenty management practices in four land use systems are analyzed. The results indicate that most management systems are profitable only with subsidies and payments for ecosystem services. In addition to sales revenue, these payments are indispensable to promote peat-saving agricultural practices on fenlands. Regarding the labor aspect, intensive management systems caused an increase in working hours per hectare, which may positively affect employment in rural areas. The calculations obtained in this study can be used as a basis for estimations of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation costs when management systems are associated with GHG emission values. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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