A Case Study on the Economic Feasibility of Producing Maple liners in a Traditional Tobacco Greenhouse

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dc.contributor.authorWilkerson, Joseph Edwarden
dc.contributor.committeechairCoale, Charles W. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCundiff, John S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Eluned C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEaton, Gregory K.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:40:43Zen
dc.date.adate2002-08-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:40:43Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-26en
dc.date.rdate2003-08-21en
dc.date.sdate2002-06-28en
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this case study was to investigate the economic feasibility of a new enterprise for Southside Virginia farmers to help alleviate problems stemming from a loss of income and excess production capacity of a tobacco greenhouse. Maple liner production in a tobacco greenhouse was determined to not be economically feasible by this study. The control scenario, as well as the sensitivity analysis revealed that maple liner production would yield a loss when produced in a tobacco greenhouse. The breakeven number of plants to be sold was 43% of the cuttings planted, and could exceed 50% under some conditions of the sensitivity analysis. While the maple liner production schedule was determined to be culturally suitable as a supplemental greenhouse activity, the tobacco greenhouse engineering design was deemed inadequate for maple liner production. Modifications were needed to the ventilation and irrigation systems. This economic study was based on a field trial conducted in Halifax County, Virginia.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06282002-123412en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06282002-123412/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33787en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecteconomic feasibilityen
dc.subjectalternative enterpriseen
dc.subjecttobacco greenhouseen
dc.subjectmaple linersen
dc.titleA Case Study on the Economic Feasibility of Producing Maple liners in a Traditional Tobacco Greenhouseen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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