Asparagus
The indicators of productivity and cost for organic asparagus obtained in the current investigation are
presented in Table 4.
Table 4: Productivity and Cost Indicators for Organic Asparagus Produced In Chile
Table 5: Productivity Indicators and Labour Costs of the Four Organic Agricultural
Goods Produced In Chile.
This table shows that the plating density of organic asparagus is 26,500 units/ha and the yield
corresponds to 10 tonnes/ha in year 10. The level of investment is US$ 9,878.5/ha; the total cost is equal to
US$ 6,601.8 in year 10; and the unitary cost corresponds to US$ 0.7/kg. The most relevant variable cost for
organic asparagus is labour accounting for 71.5% of the total annual costs. This equates an annual amount of
US$ 4,720.5 for an assignation of 178.6 WD/ha in full production of which 38% are workers working in
harvest activities.