Contribution of family labour to the profitability and competitiveness of small-scale dairy production systems in central Mexico

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 235 - 240
• Main Authors: Posadas-Domínguez, Rodolfo Rogelio, Arriaga-Jordán, Carlos Manuel, Martínez-Castañeda, Francisco Ernesto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 2014; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cattle; cows; dairy farming; Dairy farms; Dairying - economics; Dairying - methods; Family; farms; Female; herd size; highlands; Humans; labor; Life Sciences; Mexico; milk; Milk - economics; policy analysis; polymerase chain reaction; production technology; profitability; Regular Articles; Small-scale farming; Statistical sampling; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zoology; Mexico; Mexico; Profitability; Peri-urban production; Small-scale dairy systems; Competitiveness

The objective of this work was to determine the effect of family labour on the profitability and competitiveness of small-scale dairy farms in the highlands of Central Mexico. Economic data from 37 farms were analysed from a stratified statistical sampling with a Neyman assignment. Three strata were...