Authors:
Rodríguez Hernández Rafael, Bravo Mosqueda Ernesto, Espinoza Paz Horacio, López López Porfirio ,Cadena Iñiguez Pedro and Rodríguez Cortés Aldo ,México |
Abstract:
Given the social and economic importance of the cultivation of Agave mezcalero in Oaxaca,
researchers from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca Experimental Field of the National Institute for
Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research (INIFAP) have carried out research over the years
on plant nutrition alternatives for a better productivity for the benefit of the producers, arriving to
determine several options that consider from the conventional nutrition with synthetic fertilizers
to the totally organic nutrition with composts, bovine manure and mycorrhizae; which have been
validated on the land of producers in the mezcal region; however, there is no economic criterion
on production costs, income, profitability and competitiveness that these fertilization options
imply for producers. Therefore, the objective of this work was to know the impact of three
fertilization options that have been generated through research, in the profitability and
competitiveness of the production of Agave angustifolia raw material considering chemical
fertilization, organic fertilization and without fertilization, likewise determine which alternative
is more convenient for the producer. For this, the Policy Analysis Matrix (MAP) was used and
the economic indicators total cost, total income, net profit cost-benefit ratio were estimated; To
determine the competitiveness of the production system, the Private Cost Ratio (RCP) indicator
was used. The results showed that the mezcalero agave crop is profitable and competitive, with
no significant difference in competitiveness between organic and conventional fertilization, so its
application can be recommended in the mezcal region, unlike the option without fertilization,
which was less competitive. |
