Characterization of corn producers and sustainability indicators in Chiapas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v11i5.2189Keywords:
corn, sustainability, types of producersAbstract
Currently, the information on the maize agroecosystem in the Frailesca region of Chiapas, Mexico, and its forms of management, is insufficient to address it with sustainable development strategies. In the present investigation it was characterized; through a typification of corn producers and their relationship with energy efficiency and its management methods. It is a descriptive and exploratory research from a socio-agronomic approach in 300 cases of farmers, with the support of descriptive statistical techniques, as well as exploratory multivariate of main components and clusters. Six producer groups or typologies were identified based on 11 main components that explain 73% of the total variability. All producer groups are energy efficient, which is associated with the productive and economic efficiency of the agroecosystem. Regarding grain yield, in all producer groups, it ranges between 2.8 and 4 t ha-1. In addition, three large groups of management systems were identified (conventional, agroecological and mixed) carried out by maize producers in the Frailesca region, Chiapas.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
The authors who publish in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas accept the following conditions:
In accordance with copyright laws, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas recognizes and respects the authors’ moral right and ownership of property rights which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access. Invariably, all the authors have to sign a letter of transfer of property rights and of originality of the article to Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) [National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research]. The author(s) must pay a fee for the reception of articles before proceeding to editorial review.
All the texts published by Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas —with no exception— are distributed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows third parties to use the publication as long as the work’s authorship and its first publication in this journal are mentioned.
The author(s) can enter into independent and additional contractual agreements for the nonexclusive distribution of the version of the article published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas (for example include it into an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as it is clearly and explicitly indicated that the work was published for the first time in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas.
For all the above, the authors shall send the Letter-transfer of Property Rights for the first publication duly filled in and signed by the author(s). This form must be sent as a PDF file to: revista_atm@yahoo.com.mx; cienciasagricola@inifap.gob.mx; remexca2017@gmail.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International license.
