IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/cfcs84/261573.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Development and Implementation of Greenhouse Operations - A Case Study

Author

Listed:
  • Gomez, Ricardo E.

Abstract

Intensive small-scale farming can be one of the better avenues for agricultural development in the Caribbean area. These farm operations can be targeted to local consumption to replace imported goods or for export to major markets, in either case there is an increase in the available foreign exchange to the country. Other benefits also accrue due to this type of enterprise. Employment is enhanced although most of the gain is indirect. There are many different approaches that can be taken to initiate a greenhouse operation. First, a feasibility study has to be undertaken which includes markets, capital acquisition, costs, projections of returns, governmental incentives and local involvement. There are worldwide and other governmental agencies that can be tapped for help in the development and implementation of a greenhouse operation. This is a description of a fictitious (but real) greenhouse enterprise and the approaches used to enable the company to start production in the Caribbean area.

Suggested Citation

  • Gomez, Ricardo E., 1984. "Development and Implementation of Greenhouse Operations - A Case Study," 20th Annual Meeting, October 21-26, 1984, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 261573, Caribbean Food Crops Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:cfcs84:261573
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.261573
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/261573/files/20_26.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/261573/files/20_26.pdf?subformat=pdfa
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.261573?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:cfcs84:261573. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://cfcs.eea.uprm.edu/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.