Section: Trans-Agro
The Agricultural Production Inventory Swamp
August 10, 2007
This study presents months of research and data collection and managed to make an inventory has a range of 65% of the plots of the impact zone of the Trans-agriculture, with an area of approx. 14.557 jobs. It was conducted in rural localities of the municipality Swamp: The Lajita, The Ferns, Bejucal, Bahoruquito, Guayuyal. This study is part of the "Agro processing fruit with women in the community, Transagro - Swamp", with financial support from the Small Grants Program for the Global Environment Facility (PPS / GEF) - this was not done with funds PPS but with its own resources and volunteers of the Foundation and Taigüey was condebido by Apolinario Victoria (Vicky) with the participation of Antonio Perez (Nino - interviewer), Mildred Matos (Digitadora) and with the collaboration of farmers associations and / The farmers or Margaritos and the New Union.
Production data are approximate and surface respond to the perception of / as locals. This study presents months of research and data collection and managed to make an inventory has a range of 65% of the plots of the impact zone of the Trans-agriculture, with an area of approx. 14.557 jobs. It was conducted in rural localities of the municipality Swamp: The Lajita, The Ferns, Bejucal, Bahoruquito, Guayuyal. Among other things we see that 61% of owners of parcels inventoried producers belong to one of the associations of farmers in the area, a 49.56% of the plots has access to some of the roads that connect with La Cienaga, that about 9.427 tasks inventoried land area under cultivation of coffee and Fruit and approx. 2051.5 is dedicated to conuquismo that the products of peak production is the Cafe, China, Avocados and Bananas and other fruits with a significant production volume are Bitter Orange, Grapefruit, Chinola, Guava, Mango. also 45.7% of the harvested producing one or more of the fruit produced of which only approx. 24% sell some or several of its products. Coffee is the crop that is marketed primarily in the area. The avocado and citrus are the areas with greatest potential for commercialization due to the volumes and prices offered on the market. The cycles of greater productivity in the area is the period from August to December where most crops and variety of fruits.
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