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Gálvez Caballero's avatar

Greenhouse labor studies are very useful to see the current state of the countryside, we can see the demographic boom It caused (and still causes) in Almería, where a generally underdeveloped technique is balanced by the sheer number of greenhouses and still pays insufficient wages for the market demand of the fruits, meanwhile France or the Dutch countries pays enough due to their technological level being higher than there. Great read!

javiero's avatar

Yes, it's hard to see how greenhouse agriculture could pay better wages, given the market conditions (external competition, etc).

Speaking of technology, I wonder what would happen if hardware applications of AI really take off and it revolutionizes robotics as many AI enthusiasts believe. Those are big ifs, but if they come to pass, it could change the economics of greenhouses substantially.