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VALENTIN-GARRIDO, José Miguel et al. Evaluation of PROAGRO Productive program in rural communities of the northern highlands of Puebla. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.2, pp.413-425. ISSN 2007-0934.

In Mexico, the PROCAMPO program began operations in 1994 as part of the scheme of direct support to agriculture in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement signed by Mexico, United States and Canada (NAFTA). Since its inception the program aimed to support by direct income of producers replacing agricultural subsidies to inputs and services in the agricultural sector transfers. In 2014, its name was changed to PROAGRO Productive program. This research aimed to evaluate the operation of the program to understand its impact on agricultural productivity among small farmers in the municipality of Zacatlan, northern highlands of Puebla. In researching the technique of the survey and the simple random sample (n= 84) using as a sampling frame listing of beneficiaries PROAGRO Productive program of 2014 was used, and a sample it was also taken 28 producers nonbeneficiaries program. It was found that 98.8% of beneficiaries said that the support of PROAGRO Productive in 2014 came late and it only covered 13% of the production costs of corn. No differences was found in maize yields between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries the program, so the program failed to meet the objective of increasing productivity.

Palavras-chave : corn; impact; PROAGRO Productive; small farmers.

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