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Ramón Soriano-Robles
Laboratorio de Recursos Socioambientales y Sustentabilidad, Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Área de Investigación en Reproducción Animal Asistida, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, San Rafael Atlixco 186, Ciudad de México 09340, Mexico

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Ramón Soriano Robles, Research Professor. Ph.D. Sustainable Agriculture, London (1998). Research Professor, UAM Iztapalapa. Sustainable agriculture.

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Journal article
Published: 30 August 2021 in Animals
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The objective of this study was to identify the technological level used by dairy farmers in the northeastern region of Michoacán, Mexico, through a characterisation of small-scale dairy production units, as well as to learn about the socioeconomic conditions that have enabled them to survive in the current context. A semi-structured interview was applied to 114 production units, chosen by stratified random sampling. The interview included technological, production and socioeconomic aspects. Twenty-eight variables were initially explored and 12 were used for multivariate analysis, which included Principal Component Analysis, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and K-means Cluster. The characterisation carried out showed that the production units that predominate in northeastern Michoacán have survived with a low technological level, having as strengths the diversification of their activities and the use of family labour. On the contrary, production units with a high technological level and high productivity are few and less diversified. This shows the need to generate differentiated public policies for each cluster, aimed at strengthening the aspects that have allowed them to survive and guaranteeing a market for their production, before promoting the use of technologies.

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Luis Manuel Chávez-Pérez; Ramón Soriano-Robles; Valentín Efrén Espinosa-Ortiz; Mauricio Miguel-Estrada; María Camila Rendón-Rendón; Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. Does Small-Scale Livestock Production Use a High Technological Level to Survive? Evidence from Dairy Production in Northeast-ern Michoacán, Mexico. Animals 2021, 11, 2546 .

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Luis Manuel Chávez-Pérez, Ramón Soriano-Robles, Valentín Efrén Espinosa-Ortiz, Mauricio Miguel-Estrada, María Camila Rendón-Rendón, Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. Does Small-Scale Livestock Production Use a High Technological Level to Survive? Evidence from Dairy Production in Northeast-ern Michoacán, Mexico. Animals. 2021; 11 (9):2546.

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Luis Manuel Chávez-Pérez; Ramón Soriano-Robles; Valentín Efrén Espinosa-Ortiz; Mauricio Miguel-Estrada; María Camila Rendón-Rendón; Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. 2021. "Does Small-Scale Livestock Production Use a High Technological Level to Survive? Evidence from Dairy Production in Northeast-ern Michoacán, Mexico." Animals 11, no. 9: 2546.

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Published: 23 May 2019 in Sustainability
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The aim of this study was to analyze the relational social structure of the cheese factories based on an agribusiness territory of Mexico through social network analysis (SNA) in order to understand how different types of agroindustries coexist and endure. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were carried out in 17 cheese agribusinesses located in the area of San José de Gracia, Michoacán (Mexico), in order to get insight into the family, inter-company, commercial and technical ties they have built. The SNA showed that in the community there is a meso-system where different cheese companies that produce either natural, imitation or both cheeses converge and coexist. These agroindustries make up a complex social structure composed of 1717 actors, comprising a dispersed network with low connectivity (density ˂0.5%) due to the commercial nature of the relationships (95.9%). Simultaneously, an underlying network with a higher density (1.73%) was also evident, enriched by kinship and friendship ties that create cooperation and trust among the parties through 136 reciprocal tangible and intangible exchanges. Despite the differences and asymmetries of cheese agribusinesses in this community, the social structure they form behaves like a ‘local neighborhood’ where everyone knows everyone, and everyone coexists, competes and shares with one another, allowing them to be sustainable in the marketplace. This study provides important lessons for institutions that promote competitiveness and local development, because it shows that in order to achieve sustainability of agroindustrial companies, it is important to recognize and promote long-term social structures based on trust, friendship and reciprocity.

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María Camila Rendón-Rendón; Juan Felipe Núñez Espinoza; Ramón Soriano-Robles; Valentín Efrén Espinosa Ortiz; Luis Manuel Chávez Pérez; Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. The Social Fabric of Cheese Agroindustry: Cooperation and Competition Aspects. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2921 .

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María Camila Rendón-Rendón, Juan Felipe Núñez Espinoza, Ramón Soriano-Robles, Valentín Efrén Espinosa Ortiz, Luis Manuel Chávez Pérez, Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. The Social Fabric of Cheese Agroindustry: Cooperation and Competition Aspects. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (10):2921.

Chicago/Turabian Style

María Camila Rendón-Rendón; Juan Felipe Núñez Espinoza; Ramón Soriano-Robles; Valentín Efrén Espinosa Ortiz; Luis Manuel Chávez Pérez; Randy Alexis Jiménez-Jiménez. 2019. "The Social Fabric of Cheese Agroindustry: Cooperation and Competition Aspects." Sustainability 11, no. 10: 2921.