Abstract

ALMAGUER-VARGAS, Gustavo  and  AYALA-GARAY, Alma Velia. Adoption of innovations in 'Persian' lemon (Citrus latifolia tan.) in Tlapacoyan, Veracruz: Use of logbook. Rev. Chapingo Ser.Hortic [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.89-100. ISSN 2007-4034.  https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchsh.2010.10.076.

To improve the efficiency of the adoption of technological innovations in the cultivation of 'Persian' lemon in San Pedro Tlapacoyan, Veracruz and increase the fruit yield and the benefit-cost (B/C) ratio of this economic activity, we used the "methodology of logbook innovation", which was worked with 26 growers of this community for three cycles of production (2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008). This methodology consisted of a diagnosis, recommendations (advice), monitoring, evaluation and control of innovations made by the growers, by a professional service provider. The variables evaluated were: percentage of innovation adoptions, attributes of growers, incomes, costs of production, yields and B/C ratio. The first production cycle had a yield of 5.24 t∙ha^-1 and a benefit/cost ratio of 1.55, attributable to the reduced percentage of innovations adoption of 15. After applying the proposed methodology, the income of the second cycle increased in 64%, compared to the initial cycle, and 41 % between 2006/07 and 2007/08. The B/C ratio increased 68% (from 1.56 to 2.28), which was associated to the increase of 29.6 per cent of innovation adoptions.

Keywords : Methodology of innovation; technology adoption; yield; cultural practices; benefit/cost ratio; percentage of innovation adoptions.

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