El fomento de la ovinocultura familiar en México mediante subsidios en activos: lecciones aprendidas.

Information networks that generate economic value: A study on clusters of adopters of new or improved technologies and practices among oil palm growers in Mexico

“…Aguilar et al (2013) found that there are different positive or negative relations as regards the variables age, school level, years of experience, area of the production units, with the levels of innovation adoption by growers in the cocoa, rubber and oil palm plantations. Other authors (Avilez et al, 2010;García et al, 2011;Jara-Rojas et al, 2012;Mariano et al, 2012;Martínez-González et al, 2011;Oros et al, 2011;Velasco-Fuenmayor et al, 2009) have found that larger production units, in different activities, are associated with better production performance, greater adoption of good practices, higher levels of technology and higher incomes.…”

“…In terms of grower characteristics, a study on efficiency of vegetable production units, Bozoğlu and Ceyhan (2007) found that grower experience is a positive determining variable in efficiency, and that the most efficient production units generate higher incomes per hectare. Martínez-González et al (2011) indicate that farmer experience is a positive factor in the dynamism and success of sheep production units. Although there were no differences in formal schooling, Hasnah et al (2004) state that more schooling is negatively related to technical efficiency of oil palm production units in Sumatra because growers need off-farm jobs to supplement their low farm income.…”

“…Diverse studies have shown that low levels of productivity and competitiveness as well as inefficient agricultural production units can be partly explained by lack of knowledge on new technologies and deficient interaction among local actors leading to a low level of adoption of new or improved technologies and practices (Bozoğlu and Ceyhan, 2007;Feder and Umali, 1993;García et al, 2011;Hartwich et al, 2007;Martínez-González et al, 2011;Muñoz et al, 2007b;Muñoz-Rodríguez and Altamirano-Cárdenas, 2008). This is furthermore influenced by the broader institutional context in which farms are embedded which may be unfavorable in terms of input delivery systems and markets, for example (Hounkonnou et al, 2012).…”

Ganado menor y enfoque de género. Aportes teóricos y metodológicos.

“…La proporción para el estado de Veracruz es similar (63 %) (Pérez et al, s.f.). En el Estado de México, 73 % de las unidades de producción son mixtas (Martínez-González et al, 2011). Para los caprinos, Tovar (2009) señala que 400 000 familias (millón y medio de personas) tienen como actividad principal o complementaria, la cría de cabras bajo el esquema de una ganadería extensiva que se practica en las regiones áridas y semiáridas del país (Hernández, 2000).…”

“…The proportion for the state of Veracruz is similar (63 %) (Pérez et al, s.f.). In Estado de México, 73 % of the production units are mixed (Martínez-González et al, 2011). For the goats, Tovar (2009) points out that 400 000 families (one million and a half people) have the principal sistema mixto es el predominante (68 %) debido a la baja disponibilidad y mala calidad de las áreas forrajeras para los hatos caprinos (Martínez-González et al, 2013).…”