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- Author or Editor: Er. B. Pantastico x
Abstract
Although the total vegetable area in the developing countries of the world is larger than those with well-developed economies by about 6 times, the mean yield per hectare for all vegetables is only half (Table 1). Moreover, the export of vegetables in developing nations is rather low, because quality is demanded in the export market, and uniform quality control is difficult in the fragmented vegetable areas of the tropics. Individual farms average only a hectare or less. Former big landholdings have been fragmented by the system of land tenure and customs of inheritance. A few large commercial growers may cultivate as much as 10 to 50 hectares. The largest single area devoted to vegetables in a country is usually formed by processing companies cultivating as much as 200 hectares. Many farmers grow vegetables as cash crops after their main crops of rice, corn or tobacco.