COST EFFICIENCY OF CULTIVATION OF POTATOES IN A STEPPE ZONE OF ALTAI KRAI

DOI 10.32651/197-48

Issue № 7, 2019, article № 9, pages 48-52

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ВЫРАЩИВАНИЯ КАРТОФЕЛЯ В СТЕПНОЙ ЗОНЕ АЛТАЙСКОГО КРАЯ

Keywords: POTATO, TUBER, YIELD, MASS, EFFICIENCY, PROFITABILITY

Abstract: The article deals with the problem of potato production in the steppe zone of the Altai Territory. The climate of the region is sharply continental. Farm fields are located on the plain, on which there are hollows, streams. Plain flat has a slight slope to the north (4-5‰). The territory of the experimental farm is included in the warm, arid region of moderately arid steppes. The soils of the experimental plot are southern chernozem, they have high natural fertility. The humus content is up to 7‰, a gradual decrease with depth is recorded. The reaction of the soil medium approaches is neutral (pH 7.0-8.0). To successfully cultivate a culture, it is necessary to work out the elements of the proposed technology for the production of potato tubers. One such element is variety. In studies, the reaction of six varieties of potato of different ripeness groups to the conditions of the cultivation medium was studied. It was revealed that even zoned varieties do not always fully realize their biological potential. It was revealed that in culturally favourable years it is better to grow varieties: Lubava, Nevsky and Aspia, and in adverse conditions - Luck, Nevsky, and Nakra. On average, over two years of research, the maximum yield was achieved in both the 2016 and 2017 years on the Nevsky Standard (50.7 t / ha and 37.4 t / ha, respectively). The economic evaluation of potato cultivation shows that the profit from the sale of tubers is obtained on all varieties. Its indicator ranges from 132.5 roubles / ha from the Lubava variety to 281.1 roubles / ha in the Nevsky variety. The greatest profit from growing varieties of potatoes was obtained from varieties: Nevsky – 281.1 roubles / ha, Lina – 182.6 roubles / ha. High profitability (higher than 100‰) was shown by all grades.

Authors: ZHarkova Stalina Vladimirovna, Razin Anatolii Fedorovich, Kirikov Dmitrii Alekseevich, Ivanova Mariia Ivanovna