Financial assessment of investment projects on crop fruits in colombia. a case sutdy pitaya

A financial assessment and asensitivity analysis for a yellow pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus Schuman ex. F.Vaupel) crop, based on the methodology for evaluation of financial investments, were performed. The spreadsheet Quattro was utilized. Data on yield per plant, cropdensity, and fruit price wer...

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Autores:
López, Nilson
Corredor, Dario
Leiva, Fabio R.
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
1990
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/33850
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/33850
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23930/
Palabra clave:
pitaya
proyectos de inversión
frutales
evaluación financiera
rentabilidad
sensibilidad
cultivo
selenicereus
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:A financial assessment and asensitivity analysis for a yellow pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus Schuman ex. F.Vaupel) crop, based on the methodology for evaluation of financial investments, were performed. The spreadsheet Quattro was utilized. Data on yield per plant, cropdensity, and fruit price were modified simulating real scenarios for the pitaya cropin Colombia. The results show a high sensitivity of the project to thase three factors. One of the important conclusions is that investment projects on crops in which technology and markets are not stabilized should be very strict in the analysis of the internal return rate and its sensitivity.