Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaReintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru : analysis of economic feasibility for small producers
In Peru the agro-export boom has determined a major shift of large farmers from traditional agro-industrial crops (coffee and cotton) to new agribusinesses (asparagus, oranges, avocados, apples). These dynamics have left room for the small farmers to enter the traditional agro-industrial sector, or...
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Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
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| author | Pisani, Elena Masiero, Mauro Scrocco, Stefano |
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| description | In Peru the agro-export boom has determined a major shift of large farmers
from traditional agro-industrial crops (coffee and cotton) to new agribusinesses
(asparagus, oranges, avocados, apples). These dynamics have left room for the small
farmers to enter the traditional agro-industrial sector, or into new niche markets as in
the case of native cotton. On the North coast of Peru the cultivation of the native and
naturally coloured cotton (Gossypium Barbadense spp. locally called algodón El País)
is part of the Moche indigenous culture (a local pre-Inca population). Since 1949
the Peruvian legal prohibition to produce native cotton, linked to the risk of genetic
contamination of the industrial white cotton cultivations, made the keeping of these
traditional varieties very difficult. Nevertheless the situation has totally changed since
2008 due to Regulation n° 29224 declaring native cotton as a genetic, ethnic and cultural
heritage of the country. This study analyses the economic feasibility of re-inserting the
native cotton as part of the agricultural production of 50 farmers on the North coast of
Peru, proposing a farm economic data analysis, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis
based on OFAT (One Factor at A Time) methodology: the results attest that in all the
productive scenarios proposed (10%, 25% and 50% of the farm agricultural surface
growing native cotton) the average farm incomes are going to increase. Moreover the
sensitivity analysis attests that also in the worst conditions of a 10% decrease in the
native cotton price, the average farm incomes with native cotton are higher compared to
the business as usual scenario in all three productive scenarios proposed. |
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| spelling | uncu-74802016-06-27T17:17:20Z Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru : analysis of economic feasibility for small producers Reintroducción de algodón nativo (Gossypium Barbadense) en la costa norte del Perú : análisis de factibilidad económica para pequeños productores Pisani, Elena Masiero, Mauro Scrocco, Stefano Gossypium barbadense Algodón Agricultores Agroindustria Datos estadísticos Análisis organoléptico Perú Native cotton Small farmers Farm economic data analysis Scenario analysis Sensitivity analysis Pequeños agricultores In Peru the agro-export boom has determined a major shift of large farmers from traditional agro-industrial crops (coffee and cotton) to new agribusinesses (asparagus, oranges, avocados, apples). These dynamics have left room for the small farmers to enter the traditional agro-industrial sector, or into new niche markets as in the case of native cotton. On the North coast of Peru the cultivation of the native and naturally coloured cotton (Gossypium Barbadense spp. locally called algodón El País) is part of the Moche indigenous culture (a local pre-Inca population). Since 1949 the Peruvian legal prohibition to produce native cotton, linked to the risk of genetic contamination of the industrial white cotton cultivations, made the keeping of these traditional varieties very difficult. Nevertheless the situation has totally changed since 2008 due to Regulation n° 29224 declaring native cotton as a genetic, ethnic and cultural heritage of the country. This study analyses the economic feasibility of re-inserting the native cotton as part of the agricultural production of 50 farmers on the North coast of Peru, proposing a farm economic data analysis, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis based on OFAT (One Factor at A Time) methodology: the results attest that in all the productive scenarios proposed (10%, 25% and 50% of the farm agricultural surface growing native cotton) the average farm incomes are going to increase. Moreover the sensitivity analysis attests that also in the worst conditions of a 10% decrease in the native cotton price, the average farm incomes with native cotton are higher compared to the business as usual scenario in all three productive scenarios proposed. En Perú, el auge de la agro-exportación ha determinado un gran cambio para los grandes agricultores, desde los cultivos agrícolas tradicionales (café y algodón) hasta los nuevos agro-negocios (espárragos, naranjas, aguacates, manzanas). Esta dinámica ha dejado espacio a los pequeños agricultores para entrar en el sector agro-industrial tradicional, o en los nuevos nichos de mercados como el del algodón nativo. En la costa norte de Perú el cultivo de algodón nativo y coloreado naturalmente (Gossypium Barbadense spp. localmente llamado algodón El País) es parte de la cultura indígena Moche (una población local pre-Inca). Desde 1949 la prohibición legal peruana para producir algodón nativo, conectada con el riesgo de la contaminación genética del algodón industrial blanco, hizo muy difícil el mantenimiento de estas variedades tradicionales. Sin embargo, desde 2008 la situación ha cambiado totalmente debido a la Ley n° 29224, afirmando al algodón nativo como la herencia genética, étnica y cultural del país. El presente estudio analiza la factibilidad económica de re-introducir el algodón nativo como parte de la producción agrícola de 50 agricultores en la costa norte de Perú, proponiendo un análisis de los datos económicos de los agricultores, un análisis de escenarios y un análisis de sensibilidad basado en la metodología OFAT (One Factor at A Time): los resultados atestiguan que en todos los diferentes escenarios productivos propuestos (10%, 25% y 50% de la superficie agrícola de los agricultores dedicada al algodón nativo), el promedio de los ingresos de los agricultores aumentará. Además, el análisis de sensibilidad atestigua que también en un escenario pesimista de una reducción del 10% del precio del algodón nativo, el promedio de los ingresos de los agricultores con el algodón nativo son mayores comparados con el escenario business as usual en cada uno de los tres escenarios productivos propuestos. Fil: Pisani, Elena. Università degli Studi di Padova (Italia). Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali Fil: Masiero, Mauro. Università degli Studi di Padova (Italia). Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali Fil: Scrocco, Stefano. Universidad de Salford (Inglaterra) Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias 78 Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Vol. 47, no. 1 Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Vol. 47, no. 1 2015-01-01 eng Inglés http://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/7465 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/ article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias http://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/7480 |
| spellingShingle | Gossypium barbadense Algodón Agricultores Agroindustria Datos estadísticos Análisis organoléptico Perú Native cotton Small farmers Farm economic data analysis Scenario analysis Sensitivity analysis Pequeños agricultores Pisani, Elena Masiero, Mauro Scrocco, Stefano Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru : analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title | Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title_full | Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title_fullStr | Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title_short | Reintroduction of native cotton (Gossypium Barbadian) on the North coast of Peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| title_sort | reintroduction of native cotton (gossypium barbadian) on the north coast of peru
: analysis of economic feasibility for small producers |
| topic | Gossypium barbadense Algodón Agricultores Agroindustria Datos estadísticos Análisis organoléptico Perú Native cotton Small farmers Farm economic data analysis Scenario analysis Sensitivity analysis Pequeños agricultores |
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