Producción y comercialización del mamey Alpoyeca, Guerrero: opinión de productores

espanolMexico is the main producer of mamey (Pouteria sapota) in the world; however, it is perceived that the production and commercialization of the fruit is affected by various biological, technical and socioeconomic factors that negatively impact the development of the production chain. To have direct evidence of the case, in 2017, mamey producers from the municipality of Alpoyeca, Guerrero were interviewed, aiming to know and analyze their opinion of the problem for production and marketing. Fifty mamey producers were interviewed and the information was collected through a questionnaire. The factors that affect the production and commercialization of mamey were grouped into biological, technical and socioeconomic. Biologics are related to the presence of pests and diseases that drastically affect the useful life of plants and fruit. The declared technical problems were aging plants, poor management of the orchard that affects production, health and quality of the fruit. Socioeconomics have to do with the lack of economic resources, low product prices, lack of institutional support and intermediaries. In this way, production and marketing is affected by poor management of the garden due to technical ignorance of the producers, low economic solvency, lack of a secure market and the lack of institutional support, which is aggravated by the poor organization of producers MultipleMexico es el principal productor de mamey (Pouteria sapota) en el mundo; sin embargo, se percibe que la produccion y comercializacion del fruto es afectado por diversos factores biologicos, tecnicos y socioeconomicos que impactan negativamente en el desarrollo de la cadena productiva. Para tener evidencia directa del caso, en 2017 se entrevisto a productores de mamey del municipio de Alpoyeca, Guerrero, planteando como objetivo conocer y analizar su opinion de la problematica para la produccion y comercializacion. Se entrevistaron 50 productores de mamey que mediante un cuestionario se capto la informacion. Los factores que afectan la produccion y comercializacion del mamey se agruparon en biologicos, tecnicos y socioeconomicos. Los biologicos estan relacionados con la presencia de plagas y enfermedades que afectan drasticamente la vida util de las plantas y el fruto. Los problemas tecnicos declarados fueron plantas avejentadas, manejo deficiente de la huerta que afecta la produccion, sanidad y calidad del fruto. Los socioeconomicos tienen que ver con la falta de recursos economicos, bajo precio del producto, falta de apoyo institucional e intermediarismo. De esta manera, la produccion y comercializacion es afectada por manejo deficiente de la huerta debido a desconocimiento tecnico de los productores, por la escasa solvencia economica, falta de mercado seguro y el no haber apoyo institucional, lo cual es agravado por la escasa organizacion de productores