Profitability to the producer for the cultivation of amaranth in the municipality of Cuapiaxtla, Tlaxcala
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https://doi.org/10.22231/asyd.v20i4.1406Keywords:
net cash income, net income per hectare, net income to the producerAbstract
The cultivation of amaranth has been booming in recent years. Given the importance of its nutritional contributions, producers in the municipality of Cuapiaxtla, Tlaxcala produce this plant year after year on their lands, for some years ago. The objective is to know the profitability of amaranth cultivation through the generation of three measures of profit, based on production costs of the activities demanded by amaranth cultivation, using a case study. A cost structure is made (variable and fixed costs); as well as the total value of the production yield, known as Total Production Revenue (TPR), for producers who opt for machinery on rental in two cases, when they apply chemical fertilizers and when they do not apply those, during the production cycle of the amaranth crop; with one hectare of land as reference. Results indicated that the activities carried out during the production of rain fed amaranth crop, for each hectare of cultured land a Net Income of MXN $ 13,282 pesos is generated to the producer for a yield of 1.5 tons using chemical fertilizers, and a Net Income of MXN $ 4,750 pesos to the producer for an approximate yield of 1 ton, without using chemical fertilizers. It is concluded that the cultivation of amaranth is profitable; activities that require greater economic contribution are observed with the classification of variable or fixed costs. Three measures of profit help producers to make a decision according to their income and to have an estimation of their profit.
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