Resumen

CUEVAS REYES, Venancio et al. Characterization of maguey production in the District of Miahuatlán, Oaxaca. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.2, pp.365-377. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v10i2.1632.

The objective of this study is to characterize the maguey production system in the District of Miahuatlan with the purpose of identifying the types of producers and the characteristics that differentiate them. Maximum variance sampling was used to select a random sample of 81 maguey producers from the District of Miahuatlán in the state of Oaxaca. The use of multivariate methods allowed the identification of three types of producers; subsistence producers (n= 36, 44.4%), producers of low productive scale (n= 31, 38.3%) and producers of medium scale (n= 14, 17.3%). The study shows that the production of maguey is done in a traditional way, although a large number of producers perform the preparation of the land with machinery (between 38.5 and 67.9%), a small number of them have technical assistance (between 25 and 39) (%) and less 15.4% perform the certification of maguey plantations. It is concluded that more than 70% of the production of maguey obtained by small producers is integrated into the production of mezcal, which requires differentiated support strategies to improve production processes by types of producers and maintain the production of mezcal traditional, that improves the income of the small family units that maintain the production of this drink.

Palabras llave : mezcal; problematic; traditional production; typology of producers.