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Title: | Evaluation of the potential for producing vegetables in screenhouses in Mozambique |
Authors: | Joaquim, G. Baptista, F.J. |
Editors: | Bournet, P.E. Brajeul, E. Fatnassi, H. |
Keywords: | food safety thermal balance mass balance tomato yield |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | ISHS |
Citation: | Joaquim G. and Baptista F.J. (2020). Evaluation of the potential for producing vegetables in screenhouses in Mozambique. Acta Hortic. 1296, 1161-1167. |
Abstract: | The production of vegetables in Mozambique presents a seasonal production,
characterized by reasonable production levels during favourable climatic conditions,
that means a cold season in which temperatures are mild. The climate of Mozambique
is tropical, characterized by two distinct seasons a “cold” and dry season, from May to
September and a hot and humid season between October and April. The production of
vegetables during the summer in Mozambique has low levels of productivity. Although
Mozambique is a producer of vegetables, the country needs to import in order to satisfy
the domestic demand. In fact, between 2010 and 2014 import more than doubled from
about $ 10 to 24 million. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the potential for
producing vegetables in screenhouses in Mozambique during the hot season when
outside production is insufficient. It is expected that using screenhouses a wide range
of horticultural crops of great importance can be cultivated in Mozambique, taking
advantage of higher productivity, better quality and the great advantage of the products
being obtained out of the regular season. These structures allow to control temperature
and humidity, providing the minimum conditions required by the crops. However, this
involves higher production costs, that need to be compensated by the increase in
productivity. Results showed an inside air temperature lower than the outside air
temperature between 0.8 and 2.3°C and the inside air relative humidity increases
between 4 and 15 percentual points. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/28584 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | MED - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica ERU - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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