Characterization of the producers of organic vegetables distributed in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM), Costa Rica

 

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Nhiều tác giả: Camacho, Marlen, Arauz, Karen, Barboza, Natalia, Martínez, Héctor A., Arias, Julio
Định dạng: artículo original
Trạng thái:Versión publicada
Ngày xuất bản:2015
Miêu tả:To characterize the population of producers that distribute organic vegetables in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica, a semi-structured survey was applied to 30 of them in different outlets from November 2013 to February 2014. They were classified into 3 groups: the first, with over 10 years’ experience and dedicated exclusively to this activity, uses family labor, plants about one hectare, and diversifies production; they are unionized and certified and have the lowest schooling, as compared to the other groups. The producers of the second group are characterized by around 7 years in the activity and almost exclusive dedication; make little use of family labor; plant less than half a hectare; are not necessarily unionized and / or certified; have an intermediate school level. The third group corresponds to producers with fewer years of experience in this activity and the lowest dedication to it; they make less use of family labor; have a smaller planting area and littlediversified crop production; may or may not be unionized and / or certified and have a higher education level. It is concluded that production of organic vegetables is a growing market, which requires external support in the form of loans and technical assistance in order to consolidate, and even compensation for environmental services produced; if these conditions are fulfilled, it will be possible to witness in coming years an important growth of the sector.
Quốc gia:Portal de Revistas UCR
Tổ chức giáo dục:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Ngôn ngữ:Español
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Truy cập trực tuyến:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/agrocost/article/view/21782
Từ khóa:organic production
farmers
quantitative and qualitative characteristics
Gran Area Metropolitana
Costa Rica
hortalizas orgánicas
productores
características cualitativas y cuantitativas
Gran Área Metropolitana