Irrigation costs management at the family farms

In currents climate conditions, so often stable and profitable vegetable production on open field strongly requires implementation of irrigation. In order to maintain economic sustainability, small family farms usually irrigate crops by the use of fossil fuel engines, thereby undermining their environmental sustainability. Change of fossil fuels (dominantly diesel) with the energy primarily derived from renewable sources could direct them to ecologically more welcomed production. The main paper goal is to present the economic implications of the change of fossil fuels used for irrigation within the sector of vegetable production with much cleaner alternative (solar energy). By the application of cost analysis, it was shown that mentioned substitution could save the farmer significant financial assets, meanwhile greening the derived production, or substitution boosts both economic and environmental sustainability of certain farm