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- Title
PERFIL DE PRODUCTOR POR INTENSIDAD DE MANEJO SOBRE VAINILLA (Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews) EN LA REGIÓN TOTONACAPAN, MÉXICO.
- Authors
Espinoza-Pérez, J.; Herrera-Cabrera, B. E.; Zizumbo-Villarreal, D.; Delgado-Alvarado, A.; Salazar-Rojas, V. M.
- Abstract
During the last 250 years in Mexico, traditional knowledge about cultivation of vanilla under different production systems and levels of management has been accumulated. Since each system reflects the individual and collective experience of vanilla management and decision making criteria, the profile of the vanilla producers was studied in a gradient of management intensity for vanilla (Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews) in the Totonacapan region of Puebla and Veracruz. For this purpose, 47 producers who expressed knowledge about vanilla were interviewed. From a semi-structured interview and a survey, an analysis of variance by ranges and clusters was carried out, grouping the producers from 11 variables that defined the intensity of management. Four vanilla management profiles were identified: a) Peasants who occasionally collect the green or dry fruit, and the patterns of the plants of the forest; b) Those that tolerate and protect plants in agricultural fields, without treating it as crop; c) Those that are occasionally cultivated in traditional and technified production systems; and d) Those that treat vanilla as a crop, with specific knowledge in handling, fertilization, pollination, processing and storage. The results showed that there are significant differences in the management of vanilla that is possibly due to the level of socioeconomic importance of the orchid.
- Publication
Agro Productividad, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 3, p58
- ISSN
2448-7546
- Publication type
Article