Abstract

TACCHINI, Jorge  and  TACCHINI, Federico. Cherry production in Mendoza: technical and economic viability based on a simulation model. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Agrar., Univ. Nac. Cuyo [online]. 2012, vol.44, n.2, pp.241-253. ISSN 1853-8665.

It is posed the existent correlation between the techno-economic feasibility of the cherry tree cultivation and its location in different cultivation zones of Mendoza Province. The behavior of the cherry tree cultivation has been observed in a 15 years period in several zones of Mendoza Province analyzing the results from an ecological and economical approach. In order to do that, a simulation model has been elaborated covering the principal ecological variables and the economical results of harvesting costs and prices. The results stand out the contradiction between ecological and economical aptitudes. In traditional cultivation zones a better yield per hectare is obtained, but the net income is less than the one from the warmer and earlier zones from the East of Mendoza, planted recently with new varieties such as Marvin Brooks, New Star, Gardner, Celeste and other that achieve, as first fruits, higher prices in the market. The results of this publication give the producer advice about which places and varieties to choose for new cherry-tree cultivations.

Keywords : Cherry tree; Varieties; Adaptation; Hours of cold; Prices cherries; Mendoza.

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