Conversion potential of conventional cattle farms to organic production systems in the State of Tabasco
The main objective of the present study was to assess the conversion potential of conventional cattle farms to organic production systems. Research began by evaluating data in the Tabasco Livestock Farms Inventory 2000 (1,718 records), which provided basic and general information about the state of affairs of livestock in the aforesaid state, and permitted having an in-depth look at the production systems from an organic viewpoint. Subsequently, an Index of Compliance with Organic Standards (ICOS) was generated, which identifies the conversion potential of ranches from conventional to organic production systems. Producers with an ICOS close to 1 would only need to introduce a few changes in their management practices in order to carry out this conversion. In Tabasco, large-scale cattle farms (152 ha and 175 head, on average) have more possibilities to switch to organic production, than small-scale units (20 ha and 35 head, on average). Some 7.1 % of producers have the necessary potential to carry out this adaptation in a period of time no greater than two years, moreover, it can also be concluded that 76 % of producers, upon implementing some modifications in their production units, could achieve the same in a period no greater than four years, the rest of the cattle farms would need a period greater than four years to undertake major modifications in their management practices in order to make the changeover to an organic production system.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias
2012
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| Online Access: | https://cienciaspecuarias.inifap.gob.mx/index.php/Pecuarias/article/view/1366 |
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| Summary: | The main objective of the present study was to assess the conversion potential of conventional cattle farms to organic production systems. Research began by evaluating data in the Tabasco Livestock Farms Inventory 2000 (1,718 records), which provided basic and general information about the state of affairs of livestock in the aforesaid state, and permitted having an in-depth look at the production systems from an organic viewpoint. Subsequently, an Index of Compliance with Organic Standards (ICOS) was generated, which identifies the conversion potential of ranches from conventional to organic production systems. Producers with an ICOS close to 1 would only need to introduce a few changes in their management practices in order to carry out this conversion. In Tabasco, large-scale cattle farms (152 ha and 175 head, on average) have more possibilities to switch to organic production, than small-scale units (20 ha and 35 head, on average). Some 7.1 % of producers have the necessary potential to carry out this adaptation in a period of time no greater than two years, moreover, it can also be concluded that 76 % of producers, upon implementing some modifications in their production units, could achieve the same in a period no greater than four years, the rest of the cattle farms would need a period greater than four years to undertake major modifications in their management practices in order to make the changeover to an organic production system. |
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