Income generated by forest resource harvesting in Pichátaro, Michoacán, México

Authors

  • Fidel Francisco-Arriaga
  • Hilda R. Guerrero García-Rojas
  • Antonio Kido-Cruz
  • María Teresa Cortés-Zavala

Abstract

Non-wood products (NWP) and their contribution to a
community’s income have increasingly captured the interest
of scholars and researchers. This study is inscribed within
this framework, where the economic value and contribution
to family income is calculated, from harvesting pine resin,
edible mushrooms, medicinal plants and honeycombs, carried
out by inhabitants in the indigenous community of Pichátaro,
Michoacán, México. The non-wood product that most
contributes to the family income is pine resin, extracted from
several species. The net present value per hectare from the
four NWP studied was $97.58 USD ha-1, the net annual income
per harvester varied between $40 and $792 USD, representing
a contribution to the annual family income of between 0.93 and
18.56%. Results from this study underline that NWP marketing
contributes a reduced amount to the community family income,
due to the decrease in forest cover, their low sale price and the low
negotiation ability by harvester community members.

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Published

2011-03-03

How to Cite

Francisco-Arriaga, F., Guerrero García-Rojas, H. R., Kido-Cruz, A., & Cortés-Zavala, M. T. (2011). Income generated by forest resource harvesting in Pichátaro, Michoacán, México. Agricultura, Sociedad Y Desarrollo, 8(1), 107–117. Retrieved from https://revista-asyd.org/index.php/asyd/article/view/1146

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011): Agricultura Sociedad y Desarrollo

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