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Identifying critical factors for implementing good agricultural practice
Identificación de factores críticos para implantar buenas prácticas agrícolas
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critical factor (CF), good agricultural practice (GAP), principal component analysis (PCA) (en)factores críticos (FC), buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA), análisis de componentes principales (ACP) (es)
This paper deals with identifying the critical factors (CFs) involved in implementing a good agricultural practice (GAP) programme for coffee and fruit farmers in the Huila department of Colombia. An exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis (PCA) factorisation was used. Data matrixes were constructed from the results of applying two defined-structure assessment tools to the populations being studied: Starbucks’ coffee and farmer equity (CAFE) practices for small-scale coffee growers and coffee-producers and the EUREPGAP V2.1 Oct.2004 / checklist for fruit and vegetables, as applied to fruit-producers. This investigation led to identifying 6 CFs which must be considered when implementing a GAP programme: infrastructure, established production activities, preparing and maintaining records, environmental awareness, workers’ welfare and safety and quality control.
En este artículo se presenta la identificación de los factores críticos (FC) que afectan la implantación de un programa de buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA) en productores de café y frutas del departamento del Huila, en Colombia, mediante la realización de un análisis factorial exploratorio utilizando como método de factorización el análisis de componentes principales (ACP); las matrices de datos se construyeron con los resultados de la aplicación de sendos instrumentos con estructura definida en las dos poblaciones objeto de estudio, el instrumento Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices –para pequeños caficultores en el caso de los productores de café– y EUREPGAP V2.1 Oct.2004 – Checklist-listado de verificación para frutas y hortalizas, aplicado a los productores de fruta. Los resultados de esta investigación permitieron la identificación de seis FC que deben de ser tenidos en cuenta al implantar un programa de BPA: infraestructura, actividades propias del proceso de producción establecido, toma y mantenimiento de registros, conciencia medioambiental, bienestar y seguridad de los trabajadores, y control de la calidad.
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