Florverde has a set of economic indicators that helps minimize the socio-environmental risk of certified farms, develop organizational skills and creates new markets for these farms.
The standard has 20 general indicators in order to quantify the values and measure them. 8 of these are about economics.
Pesticide consumption cost
Monthly cost incurred by companies for the use of chemical pesticides, which includes the total cost of the monthly consumption of the commercial products used and the costs related to the labor in charge of applying them.
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