Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Research Article

Analytical Framework for the Assessment of Crop Production Technology

¹Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

²Department of Agrotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

*Corresponding Author:

Janusz Gołaszewski
Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Plac Łódzki 310-724 Olsztyn, Poland
Tel: +48895234805
E-mail: janusz.golaszewski@uwm.edu.pl

Received date: February 01, 2017; Accepted date: February 20, 2017; Published date: February 27, 2017

Citation: Gołaszewski J, Załuski D, Żuk-Gołaszewska K (2017) Analytical Framework for the Assessment of Crop Production Technology. Adv Crop Sci Tech 5:257. doi: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000257

Copyright: © 2017 Gołaszewski J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The objective of the study was to compile a methodical approach for a time-and-cost-efficient test of a crop production technology. The two or three-year procedure consisted of: (i) a survey among farmers on the technological state-of-the-art, (ii) screening the selected agro-technical factors with the use of factorial (FD) and/or fractional factorial design (FFD), (iii) a series of on-farm FD and FFD experiments and estimation of the total and individual contribution of the factors into costs and profitability of production. The test crop for verification of the procedure was pea (Pisum spp.). The approach is illustrated by empirical data obtained from the implementation of the procedure for testing of a green pea production technology in north-eastern Poland. The statistical efficiency and economic profitability of agrotechnical factors in the tested technology were given.

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