Abstract

SAENZ-REYES, J. Trinidad et al. Diagnosis of lentil cultivation in family production units in Michoacán. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2022, vol.13, n.spe27, pp.35-44.  Epub Oct 31, 2022. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v13i27.3160.

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) represents a crop with a high nutritional value; in Mexico, it is sown in approximately 8 550 ha with a total yield of 8 931 t and Michoacán is the main producer with 93% of the national production. The integration of lentil family production units under the territorial development program justifies a technical-operational analysis. The objective was to carry out the technical-productive diagnosis of lentil cultivation in the family production units of PRODETER-Lenteja in the state of Michoacán. Twenty three percent of the members were surveyed in the municipalities of Coeneo, Huaniqueo and Jiménez. The results indicated that the area dedicated to the crop is small and indicates a problem of micro-parceling, use of landrace seed from the previous harvest without prior selection, lack of prevention or control of diseases such as powdery mildew and excessive use of chemical products for aphid control, which implies environmental damage and health risk for producers and consumers, low average crop yield (0.95 t ha-1), a deficient or no market study, which results in the non-sale of the product or payment at low prices by intermediaries ($4.00 to 10.50 kg-1), high average costs in the preparation of the land ($4 000.00 ha-1) and the harvest ($5 800.00 ha-1), which results in a low profitability (B/C R= 0.69-1.56). Only 15% of producers have technical assistance to solve phytosanitary or crop management problems.

Keywords : Lens culinaris; prodeter; productivity; profitability.

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