Abstract

ESPEJEL-GARCIA, Anastacio; BARRERA-RODRIGUEZ, Ariadna  and  CUEVAS-REYES, Venancio. Dynamics of innovation and economic gains of milk production in the Valle Mezquital, Hidalgo. Nova scientia [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.17, pp.391-408. ISSN 2007-0705.

The objective was to analyze the dynamics of the use of livestock innovations and their impact on the earnings of the production system of family dairy in the Valle del Mezquital to contribute elements in decision-making and boost productivity of the system. A survey was applied to 66 milk producers selected by simple random sampling. Partial correlation analysis was performed to identify variables that have incidence with earnings variable. Five innovations focused on improving production: silage feeding, artificial insemination, milking, quality analysis and integration into a collective tank. Three strata of producers were defined using the K-means procedure of Minitab, the middle stratum resulted with a higher cost benefit ratio low and high, while higher profits are of the highest stratum. Scale variables as herd size and surface alfalfa found to have high correlation with the gain and with the variables of innovation in nutritional and technical assistance were statistically significant (P < 0.05).

Keywords : Innovation; profitability; production.

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