Agricultural technology and territory: the case of the maize producers of Tlaxcala, Mexico

This research evaluated the suitable use of technology generated by the National Institution of Forest Agricul¬tural and Cattle Investigation. The method used was “general recommentation” for maize in Tlaxcala state in 2002. In the research 1 884 surveys were applied about the use of statistical sam...

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Autores: Damián Hurtado, Miguel Ángel, Ramírez Valverde, Benito, Parra Inzunza, Filemón, Paredes Sánchez, Juan Alberto, Gil Muñoz, Abel, López Olguín, Jesús Franciasco, Cruz León, Artemio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Investigaciones Geográficas
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29909
Acceso en línea:https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/29909
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Territorio
Índice de Apropiación de Tecnología Agrícola
manejo del maíz
tipología de productores y discontinuidad tecnológica
Territory
Index of Appropriation of Agricultural Technology
handling of the culture
typologies of producers and technological discontinuity
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Sumario:This research evaluated the suitable use of technology generated by the National Institution of Forest Agricul¬tural and Cattle Investigation. The method used was “general recommentation” for maize in Tlaxcala state in 2002. In the research 1 884 surveys were applied about the use of statistical sampling, with a 95% trustworthiness ans an accur¬ancy of 20 kilograms at considering the yield of maize. The results indicate that the appropriation of technology by the producers is low and differentiated, and there is a direct relation between appropriation of technology and yield, which is reversed in the Districs of Rural Development. It was found out that these results are given due to the differentiated access the producers have to the productive resources, the agrological and socio-economic characteristics of the districts, the economic and demographic structure of the state and the strategy of investigation used by INIFAP to generate and to transfer technology. Finally it was detected that the recommended technological package does not include different production techniques originated in the spatial practices and places of farmer representation.