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- Title
Productive and socioeconomic characterization of a sheep production system in a natural protected area in Mexico.
- Authors
Hernández Valenzuela, Daniel; Sánchez Vera, Ernesto; Gómez Demetrio, William; Martínez García, Carlos Galdino
- Abstract
Natural protected areas experience pressure from increased human presence and productive activities. Agricultural, socioeconomic and grazing resource use data were used to characterize a sheep production system in the Nevado de Toluca Flora and Fauna Protection Area, Mexico. Based on sheep producer (n= 162) interviews, 25 variables were analyzed with multivariate and univariate statistics. A principal components analysis identified six factors explaining 71 % of variance. A cluster analysis identified three groups of producers [small (28 %), intermediate (35 %) and capitalized (6%)] differentiated by the number of animals, cultivated area and income (P<0.05). Overall, lamb mortality was generally high (23 %), forage oats (Avena sativa) were planted on 50 % of cultivated area, and maize (Zea mays) on variable percentages. Head of household age and schooling did not differ between groups (P>0.05), and sheep were found to contribute less than 30 % to household income. Rotational grazing in the forest was used by 58 % of producers, but 60 % used a semi-stabling approach. The Nevada de Toluca sheep production system does not depend on producer capitalization, but sheep are essential to the family economy. Management practices are compatible with conservation efforts in the natural protected area.
- Subjects
MEXICO; NATURE reserves; ROTATIONAL grazing; SHEEP; OATS; SHEEP diseases; PRINCIPAL components analysis; CORN
- Publication
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 4, p951
- ISSN
2007-1124
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22319/rmcp.v10i4.4470