Objective:

To identify the logic of operation of the productive chain, cooperation through benefits-responsibilities assumed by average producers and the relationship of certain key actors with the installed technological capacity.

Methodology:

Secondary information was supplemented with the collection of visits to plots, focused interviews and surveys of key producers.

Results:

In spite of the geographical proximity, there are relative flashes of relational proximity, interaction of members, belonging by rules and routines, collective learning and cohesion of the system.

Limitations:

nopal-vegetable and prickly pear-fruit is perhaps the highest productive chain evaluated and / or studied by the public agrarian public policy, to a lesser academic extent, existed satiety that limits the sensitivity of the small producer.

Conclusion:

Due to the results obtained, the organic bio-preparations together with the relational proximity, can contribute to an institutional proximity in the nopal production in Hidalgo.