Stakeholder information
Landowner's name: Mr/Mrs Anastasio Cortes.
Level of input: Medium level of mechanization (one tractor). Farmer has other activities (sells furniture bought in a village at 30 km from his farm, in and around the state of Michoacan, his farming activities represents 20% of his income.
Main activity on this location: Total farm area is about 78 ha divided between Mr. Cortes and his sons, working together in their fields. The agricultural area of Mr. Costes is about 8 ha.+ 8 ha in fallow. The traditional crop system used half part of the land as follow, and the other half part as cultivated. The next year, they cultivate the fallow area and let in fallow, the cultivated area. This rotation was done to recover fertility of this acid soil and now, it is more done to let space and food for animals. Usually, land preparation is mechanized, meanwhile the other works are done by hands. 2/3 part of fields have monoculture of corn meanwhile 1/3 part crops are associated: corn+beans+zuquini. Fertilized at least during the seeding 150-150-00 and some times, a second one during the corn mounding. Crop residues are mechanically crushed and given to animals at the end of dry season.
On the farm there are some (+/-30) animals, mainly are kept on extensive pastures, when field are in fallow as well on the matorral formation. Rarely, they are in outside simple stables, mainly at the end of dry season, when they give pasture to them. Therefore, manure production is very low. There is no slurry retention system.
Other stakeholders (if active at this location): 5 sons and families
