Designing a small scale biointensive vegetable farm in Finland
MacNab, Benjamin (2018)
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018060412353
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018060412353
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This thesis aims to design a small scale biointensive vegetable farm in Suurpelto, Finland. Encompassed in this design are calculations estimating the potential crop production and revenue of the site.
Introductory literature gives an understanding of Finland’s vegetable production and imports, institutional recommendations and legislation and an introduction to small scale biointensive farming with case examples.
The literature review of the text gives a theoretical insight to some factors affecting and influencing farming and ecosystems, European agricultural industry standards and the key elements to small scale biointensive farming.
The design of the Suurpelto site in Finland encompasses: site analysis, the design process, the materials and budget required, the crop selection and crop season and the production and revenue numbers that have been calculated.
The results of this thesis indicate that small scale biointensive farming is feasible in Finland. The budgeted cost of construction (20100 euro) compared to projected yields (4950kg) and revenue (44676 euro) show a return on investment in the first year of production. Further refinements to the design could see results closer to peer dater which indicates crop revenue to feasibly reach euro per crop acre.
Introductory literature gives an understanding of Finland’s vegetable production and imports, institutional recommendations and legislation and an introduction to small scale biointensive farming with case examples.
The literature review of the text gives a theoretical insight to some factors affecting and influencing farming and ecosystems, European agricultural industry standards and the key elements to small scale biointensive farming.
The design of the Suurpelto site in Finland encompasses: site analysis, the design process, the materials and budget required, the crop selection and crop season and the production and revenue numbers that have been calculated.
The results of this thesis indicate that small scale biointensive farming is feasible in Finland. The budgeted cost of construction (20100 euro) compared to projected yields (4950kg) and revenue (44676 euro) show a return on investment in the first year of production. Further refinements to the design could see results closer to peer dater which indicates crop revenue to feasibly reach euro per crop acre.