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Production systems: integrated and organic production, and soilless culture

Vegetable production in South East European countries is generally carried out in the soil in plastic-covered greenhouses. This chapter presents greenhouse production systems – integrated production in the soil or in soilless culture systems and organic crop production – and compares them with conventional cultivation. Emphasis is placed on specific cultivation practices that can be easily and efficiently adopted by growers. Various options are described for growers, depending on the technology used and in accordance with the climatic and economic conditions. Investment costs and a template table for calculation of variable costs are included in order to provide farmers with a tool to make an economic assessment and quantify the various parameters requiring consideration.

Greenhouse production, cultivation practices, climatic and economic conditions

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