PALUDICULTURE FINANCIAL MODEL

This calculation system allows you to compare the profitability of different crops, based on crop yield calculations. Note: This is a beta version developed specifically in a Dutch context for bulrush (typha), with the exact values still under deliberation.

Additional Context

Paludiculture Scenarios

Field Name

Crop Yield (in ton/hectare)

Sales price (in €/ton of dry matter)

CAP subsidy yield (in €/ha)

Eco-scheme yield (in €/ha)

Number of CO2 credits per hectare

Net market price C-credit (in €/ton CO2-eq)

Fraction of plant material (DM) that ends up in building material (in %)

Planting

Planting Cuttings Costs (in €/ha, one-time investment)

Fertilisation costs (in €/ha)

Crop protection costs (in €/ha)

Pest control costs (in €/ha)

Crop insurance costs (in €/ha)

Labour costs of crop care, checking water level etc. (in €/ha)

Labour costs of dike management and ditch maintenance (in €/ha)

Depreciation of pumps (incl. power supply) (in €/ha)

Depreciation of water leverl control (gates, sludges boxes, etc.) (in €/ha)

Maintenance percentage on devices (in %)

Costs of contract work: harvesting (incl. machines) (in €/ha)

Depreciation of the construction of plots : earthmoving (in €/ha)

Depreciation of the construction of plots : soil supply (in €/ha)

Depreciation of the construction of plots : water supply (in €/ha)

Depreciation of the construction of plots : water drainage (in €/ha)

Maintenance percentage of dikes and waterways

Interest investments pourcentage (%)

Depreciation periods of investment plot (pumps and water level management) (in years)

Depreciation periods of water level controls (gates, sludge boxes, etc.) (in years)

Lease/land rent plus land charges (in €/ha)

Electricity consumption irrigation and water level management (in €/ha)

Other electricity consumption (in €/ha)

Water board tax (in €/ha)

Other costs (in €/ha)

This tool for balance calculation was developed within the Veenweide Innovatie Programma NL, project Wet Crops. It was adapted to the web by Insight intern Fiona Lefebvre.