Socio-economic studies as a tool for agroecological crop management: study for biological management of pests in vegetables. | Estudios socioe-conómicos como herramienta para el manejo agroecológico de los cultivos: estudio para el manejo biológico de las plagas en vegetales.
2004
Rodríguez, M., Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria | González, E., Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria | Cuesta, M., Universidad Agraria de La Habana | Hernández, M., Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria | Miranda, I., Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
The participatory studies can help to relationship knowledge from scientists and farmers, and the adoption of agroecological tactics for pest management depends on several aspects that the research would be know. The socio-economic surveys in Entomopathogenic and Entomophagous Mass Rearing Centres (CREEs) and some productive forms (CPA, CCS, farmers) were done in Havana and Havana City Provinces. The 100% of the CREEs and more than 40% of farmers were visited in these provinces. In the CREEs, the 66.6% of the administrative head has University Degree, and the 33.4% high school degree. The best costumers of the biological control agents are: Coop. Production Basic Unit (UBPC) representing the 86,67% of the total, Service and Credit Cooperatives (CCS) representing the 76,67%, Agricultural and Animal Cooperatives(CPA) representing the 63,33% of the total costumers. The system that uses a less quantity of Biological Control Agents was Crop under Plastic.
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