Typification of integrated family dairy systems inZacatecas, Mexico
The aim was to determine the social, economic, agricultural and livestock characteristics of the production units(PU) in Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas. Seventy three (73) surveys were applied to producers from May to July,2011. Questionnaire were divided into social, economic, agriculture, feeding and reproduction, management andhealth, and soil area. Methodology development involved, weighting variables for each dimension, principalcomponent analysis and positioning matrix. The first three principal components explained 73 % of totalvariation. Eighty two (82) percent of people in charge of PU are male, both sex are literate, income come fromcrop and livestock production, usually from corn grain, calf, fresh milk, and aged type cheese. The first groupwas characterized by high milk production, 78 L per day, and have high-tech equipment. Second group withproductions of 74 L per day; however they do not have their own farm machinery. Third group had milkproductions of 38 L per day, their machinery is proper, however perform conventional practices. The fourthgroup is characterized by performing conventional practices, but 100 % of the producers give added value tomilk, producing aged cheese. Producers’ characterization showed that production systems are extensive andits tendency is towards specialization to process aged cheese.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias
2015
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| Online Access: | https://cienciaspecuarias.inifap.gob.mx/index.php/Pecuarias/article/view/4097 |
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