Taigüey Foundation "Inventory of Agricultural Production of La Cienega

Section: Trans-Agro

Inventory of Agricultural Production of La Cienega

August 10, 2007

This study presents months of research and data collection and made 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 carried out in rural localities of the municipality Swamp: The Lajita, ferns, Bejucal, Bahoruquito, Guayuyal. This study is part of the "Agro processing fruit with women from the community, Transagro - Swamp", with financial support from the Small Grants Program for the Global Environment Facility (PPS / GEF) - this was not undertaken with funding PPS but with its own resources and volunteers Taigüey was condebido Foundation and conducted by Apolinario Victoria (Vicky) with the participation of Antonio Perez (Nino - interviewer), Mildred Matos (digits) and with the cooperation of farmers associations and / or farmers margaritas and the new Union.

Production data are approximate and surface respond to the perception of the / as locals. This study presents months of research and data collection and made 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 carried out in rural localities of the municipality Swamp: The Lajita, 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 an exit to some of the roads that connect with La Cienaga, that about 9.427 jobs are inventoried land area planted with coffee and fruit and approx. 2051.5 is dedicated to conuquismo which products are higher production of Coffee, China, avocados and bananas and other fruits with a significant production volume is Bitter Orange, Grapefruit, Chinola, Guava, Mango. also that 45.7% of farmers harvested one or more of the fruits 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 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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