Characterization of regional rice seed production in the Mojana subregion.

Abstract

Rice cultivation is part of the economy of the Mojana subregion, the seed is a basic input, produced by farmers who have conserved the genetic material year after year. The literature does not report a production characterization study, for this reason this research aimed to characterize the seed production of regional rice materials in this region. With data from a formal structured survey applied to 95 farmers selected by simple random sampling. Techniques such as frequencies, contingency tables, and basic statistics were used. In addition, the formulation of an econometric model to estimate the seed supply and demand functions. The results show that these are small producers who, on average, sow 1 hectare, with a low level of education, 71% of the surveyed sample has attended elementary school. The average age of the farmers is 52 years. 57% of the surveyed farmers obtain the seed of the previous harvest. It was found that more than 90% of those surveyed are likely to increase the cultivated area and it is estimated that this could grow by 60 hectares. It is concluded that the demand for seed may increase because 66% of the sample sows twice a year, which allows us to infer that seed is required throughout the year and the months where it is most sown are December, January, February. and March took advantage of the dry season with the so-called serene crops.

Keywords

• food consumption
• costs
• crops
• demand
• prices
• agricultural production
• seeds
• supply