Studies on the production processes management in a vegetable farm

Abstract

The paper reveals the results of a study undertaken in a agricultural unit based in Bălcăuți commune, Suceava county. The unit currently exploits an area of 986.22 ha of arable land, which places it in the category of large, industrialized and efficient agricultural units. The company that manages the agricultural unit practices an efficient management, having increased the area exploited from 18.17 ha in 2015 to a size of 986.22 ha in 2019. The unit is in the national top of potato producers. These results were possible both due to the efficient management and due to the favorable pedoclimatic conditions of the area for the potato crop. The dynamics of the arable areas allocated for the crops are determined according to the scientific rotation of the crops and according to the demands and the prices on the specific market. Since the start of the activity, the management of the company has made several decisions aimed at optimizing the financial indicators, the most important being the construction and commissioning of a hall for storing the primary agricultural products and their storage and subsequent sale at higher prices. Due to these decisions, the unit benefited from an increase in profit from 140,560 lei in 2016 to the value of 967,565 lei, which means a percentage increase of over 588%. A series of additional decisions are proposed in this pa per that could further increase productivity, efficiency and optimize the company indicators.