Advantages of incorporating new varieties in the cultivation of cotton in the Sinú Valley

Abstract

The economic analysis of technological options is a complement to biophysical research. The objective of this work was to estimate the economic advantages of incorporating new varieties of cotton, to reduce the production costs of cotton in the Sinú Valley, department of Córdoba, and to make the crop more competitive; since the surface harvested in Colombia in 2015 decreased by 39%, due to the high production costs of more than 5 million per hectare and low yields of 680 kilos of cotton fiber per hectare with losses of $ 1,157,827 Colombian pesos. Among the limitations of production are the attacks of pests and diseases, especially the cotton weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and the ramolosis, which participate in 60% of production costs. It is concluded that the introduction of genotypes with tolerance to the mentioned phytosanitary problems, will contribute in the increase of the productivity of the crop.

Keywords

• yields
• costs
• prices
• competitiveness
• deficit
• production
• consumption