Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil

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Ospina Patino, Marco Tulio; Rodrigues de Amorim, Fernando; Galvez de Andrade, Alequexandre; Alam, Mohammad Jahangir; Del Giorgio Solfa, Federico
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2022
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The diversity in agronomic practices being used by sugarcane producers in Brazil determines differences in economic performance and cost structure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost of six systems of agronomic practices using fixed or variable rates for soil amendment, fertilizer, and defensive applications and assess the profitability of these systems at three scales of sugarcane production. We then describe the data sample related to the 2019–2020 harvest season and collected from fifty-five sugarcane producers in the central-south region of Brazil. Thereafter, using a quantitative approach, a cost analysis was performed, and the cumulative frequency of the net revenue for the three scales of production (small, medium, and large), was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost analysis indicated that fertilizer had the highest cost considering the agronomic practices adopted at the three scales of production analyzed. The cumulative frequency analysis results from the Monte Carlo simulation showed the highest net revenue per hectare for medium sugarcane producers. In addition, the presence of economies of scale was not confirmed because the lowest cost was found in small-scale sugarcane producers and the highest net revenue was obtained by medium-scale sugarcane producers.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires
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Ciencias Económicas
Sugarcane
Mechanization
Variable Rate
Cost Production
Monte Carlo Simulation
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spelling Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in BrazilOspina Patino, Marco TulioRodrigues de Amorim, FernandoGalvez de Andrade, AlequexandreAlam, Mohammad JahangirDel Giorgio Solfa, FedericoCiencias EconómicasSugarcaneMechanizationVariable RateCost ProductionMonte Carlo SimulationThe diversity in agronomic practices being used by sugarcane producers in Brazil determines differences in economic performance and cost structure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost of six systems of agronomic practices using fixed or variable rates for soil amendment, fertilizer, and defensive applications and assess the profitability of these systems at three scales of sugarcane production. We then describe the data sample related to the 2019–2020 harvest season and collected from fifty-five sugarcane producers in the central-south region of Brazil. Thereafter, using a quantitative approach, a cost analysis was performed, and the cumulative frequency of the net revenue for the three scales of production (small, medium, and large), was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost analysis indicated that fertilizer had the highest cost considering the agronomic practices adopted at the three scales of production analyzed. The cumulative frequency analysis results from the Monte Carlo simulation showed the highest net revenue per hectare for medium sugarcane producers. In addition, the presence of economies of scale was not confirmed because the lowest cost was found in small-scale sugarcane producers and the highest net revenue was obtained by medium-scale sugarcane producers.Universidad Nacional de La PlataComisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires2022-09-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf32-43http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/142963enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1923-4007info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5430/ijba.v13n5p32info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-10-15T11:28:24Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/142963Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-10-15 11:28:24.4SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
title Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
spellingShingle Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
Ospina Patino, Marco Tulio
Ciencias Económicas
Sugarcane
Mechanization
Variable Rate
Cost Production
Monte Carlo Simulation
title_short Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
title_full Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
title_fullStr Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
title_sort Costs of Agronomic Practices: Profitability at Different Scales of Sugarcane Production in Brazil
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ospina Patino, Marco Tulio
Rodrigues de Amorim, Fernando
Galvez de Andrade, Alequexandre
Alam, Mohammad Jahangir
Del Giorgio Solfa, Federico
author Ospina Patino, Marco Tulio
author_facet Ospina Patino, Marco Tulio
Rodrigues de Amorim, Fernando
Galvez de Andrade, Alequexandre
Alam, Mohammad Jahangir
Del Giorgio Solfa, Federico
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues de Amorim, Fernando
Galvez de Andrade, Alequexandre
Alam, Mohammad Jahangir
Del Giorgio Solfa, Federico
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Sugarcane
Mechanization
Variable Rate
Cost Production
Monte Carlo Simulation
topic Ciencias Económicas
Sugarcane
Mechanization
Variable Rate
Cost Production
Monte Carlo Simulation
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The diversity in agronomic practices being used by sugarcane producers in Brazil determines differences in economic performance and cost structure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost of six systems of agronomic practices using fixed or variable rates for soil amendment, fertilizer, and defensive applications and assess the profitability of these systems at three scales of sugarcane production. We then describe the data sample related to the 2019–2020 harvest season and collected from fifty-five sugarcane producers in the central-south region of Brazil. Thereafter, using a quantitative approach, a cost analysis was performed, and the cumulative frequency of the net revenue for the three scales of production (small, medium, and large), was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost analysis indicated that fertilizer had the highest cost considering the agronomic practices adopted at the three scales of production analyzed. The cumulative frequency analysis results from the Monte Carlo simulation showed the highest net revenue per hectare for medium sugarcane producers. In addition, the presence of economies of scale was not confirmed because the lowest cost was found in small-scale sugarcane producers and the highest net revenue was obtained by medium-scale sugarcane producers.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires
description The diversity in agronomic practices being used by sugarcane producers in Brazil determines differences in economic performance and cost structure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost of six systems of agronomic practices using fixed or variable rates for soil amendment, fertilizer, and defensive applications and assess the profitability of these systems at three scales of sugarcane production. We then describe the data sample related to the 2019–2020 harvest season and collected from fifty-five sugarcane producers in the central-south region of Brazil. Thereafter, using a quantitative approach, a cost analysis was performed, and the cumulative frequency of the net revenue for the three scales of production (small, medium, and large), was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost analysis indicated that fertilizer had the highest cost considering the agronomic practices adopted at the three scales of production analyzed. The cumulative frequency analysis results from the Monte Carlo simulation showed the highest net revenue per hectare for medium sugarcane producers. In addition, the presence of economies of scale was not confirmed because the lowest cost was found in small-scale sugarcane producers and the highest net revenue was obtained by medium-scale sugarcane producers.
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