Analysis of the Amaranth Productive System Temoac, Morelos, Mexico
A characterization of amaranth productive process was carried out in Temoac, Morelos; in order to understand why this crop has decreased. A survey of 64 producers (May- September 2013) was used. The production unit is 2.7 hectares in average; so they are smallholders; 92% of peasants are growing in...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | CIENCIA ergo-sum |
| Idioma: | español |
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| Acesso em linha: | https://cienciaergosum.uaemex.mx/article/view/8113 |
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| Resumo: | A characterization of amaranth productive process was carried out in Temoac, Morelos; in order to understand why this crop has decreased. A survey of 64 producers (May- September 2013) was used. The production unit is 2.7 hectares in average; so they are smallholders; 92% of peasants are growing in communal landholdings. They have no credit nor agricultural insurance. The production is seasonal, with 1.5 tons per hectare; 47% of peasants downsized the amaranth planting surface. There is a development of household economy by using family labor. The costs per hectare are an important category of manual labor costs (49%). Only 15% of peasants have tractors. Low productivity and mechanization are the main factors that are causing the reduction of production. |
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