Gestión económica de tecnologías ahorradoras de agua en el Sureste español
- Pérez-Abellán, M.A.
- Ruiz-Hernández, M.V.
- José Miguel Molina Martínez
- De Miguel G, M.D
- Ayuga Téllez, Francisco (coord.)
- Masaguer Rodríguez, Alberto (coord.)
- Mariscal Sancho, Ignacio (coord.)
- Villarroel Robinson, Morris (coord.)
- Ruiz-Altisent, Margarita (coord.)
- Riquelme Ballesteros, Fernando (coord.)
- Correa Hernando, Eva Cristina (coord.)
Publisher: Fundación General de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
ISBN: 84-695-9055-3, 978-84-695-9055-3
Year of publication: 2014
Pages: 1235-1240
Congress: Congreso Ibérico de Agroingeniería y Ciencias Hortícolas (7. 2013. Madrid)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
The work evaluates the economic viability of implanting a wireless system for monitoring horticultural crops in a 5.5 ha farm in Campo de Cartagena (Murcia). The size of the plot is normal for the area and the crop rotation practices were usual in that place, the first cultivation was melon (Cucumis melo) variety Almeza, followed by two cultivations of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) variety Romana. In order to determine the savings it has been used a cost methodology, resulting in savings of 2872 Euros per year, in energy, water and fertilizer, for the size of plot in question. The study was completed with a profitability analysis, which this type of technology needs for its viability to be determined. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis has been done for considering different suppositions, which reflect the implicit risks in the agricultural activity in south-eastern Spain.