First-harvest production reached 2 kg per plant, double the conventional benchmark reported for the area.

The source describes conventional paprika production for the area's climatic conditions and elevation as 1 kg per plant on the first harvest. With KPCB, the greenhouse produced 2 kg per plant on the first harvest. That represents a 100% increase relative to the supplied conventional benchmark.

The source reports 2 kg per plant on the first harvest with KPCB and a conventional production benchmark of 1 kg per plant for paprika in the area. This supports a calculated 100% increase relative to that benchmark. However, the source does not identify the 1 kg value as a simultaneous untreated control plot, so this page describes it as a conventional regional benchmark rather than a treated-versus-control trial result. The source states that no agrichemicals were applied and that this was the first time in 17 years they were reportedly not needed on that field. Because the historical agrichemical type, quantity, application frequency, and cost are not supplied, a percentage reduction or cost savings cannot be calculated. Likewise, no pest counts, disease-incidence ratings, final seasonal yield, fruit-size distribution, Brix, water-use, fertilizer-use, or economic-return data were supplied.

Why this matters for paprika growers: This Valle del Cauca greenhouse case reports 2 kg of paprika per plant on the first harvest, compared with a conventional area benchmark of 1 kg per plant. The source also reports that no agrichemicals were required on the treated crop, something it states had not occurred on that field in the previous 17 years.