Adoption of Agroecological Technology in Country Schools of Santiago Lachiguiri, Oaxaca

Abstract

The objective of the study was to know the adoption of the technology “Preparation and use of super-lean biofertilizer”, using the “Field Schools” methodology. The study was carried out with 54 coffee producers, who received direct training from the field technician. The methodology used to determine the adoption achieved was divided into three phases; 1) Knowledge of technology; same that considered the knowledge of the functions of the super lean, and the ingredients with which it is prepared, 2) Participation in group training, mastery of the way of preparation and eventually the preparation individually, and 3) Adoption, which considers the preparation and daily and future use of the product, the conviction of its effectiveness, making changes in the way of preparation and sharing the information with other producers. The results indicate that these are producers over 40 years of age, mostly men (72%), 81% native language speakers, 77% Zapotec and 23% Mixe, with attendance on average at five courses. 74% of producers use mobile phones or cell phones as a means of communication, and of them 85% use the WhatsApp ® social network, 53% receive agricultural videos, and 29% send videos. Of the total participants, 78% are in the technology knowledge phase, that is, they know the biofertilizer, its functions and its ingredients for its preparation, but they did not participate in the group preparations nor do they know the way of preparation, 64% They were placed in the group training phase through participation in the field of practices, but they did not carry out individual preparations, and in the end, 30% of the total, adopted the technology. The Wilcoxon statistical test confirms that there are significant differences between the characteristics of the adopting and non-adopting producers, while the results of the Spearman correlation test confirmed the association between the adoption variable and the number of courses attended variables. Received a copy of the course and the individual preparation of the biofertilizer