Abstract

CAMACHO-VERA, Joaquín Huitzilihuitl; VARGAS-CANALES, Juan Manuel; QUINTERO-SALAZAR, Leticia  and  APAN-SALCEDO, Gregorio Wenceslao. Characteristics of milk production in La Frailesca, Chiapas, Mexico. Rev. mex. de cienc. pecuarias [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.3, pp.845-860.  Epub Mar 14, 2022. ISSN 2448-6698.  https://doi.org/10.22319/rmcp.v12i3.5375.

Historically, the Frailesca region has been one of the main livestock farming areas of the state of Chiapas, so it can be assumed that the current structure of its dairy system is a good approximation of that of the state. This work aimed to characterize and analyze the production units that are part of the dairy system of the Frailesca region, with the intention of describing their structure in terms of size and type of production units. For this purpose, production parameters, production costs and profitability indicators were used. The main characteristics of the production units, in terms of their size and operating conditions by locality of origin, were determined in order to construct a typology of producers and to make a contrast by locality. It was found that the productive structure of the region is based on small-scale units that constitute about 76.7 % of the total units of the sample, while medium-sized producers represent 14.6 % of the total and large ones only 8.7 %. Between these types of producers, there is a significant difference in terms of the size of the productive herd, yield, costs and profitability. In summary, the structure of the productive system of the Frailesca region, like other tropical dairy systems in the country, is made up of small-scale production units with characteristics of labor-intensive family units, low technological level and high supplementation costs.

Keywords : Dairy production system; Profitability; Seasonality.

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