PRODUCCIÓN Y MERCADEO DE CARNE CAPRINA EN UNA REGIÓN SILVOPASTORIL DE LA MIXTECA POBLANA, MÉXIco

The present work assmned as main objective: knowing the production and the marketing of goat meat in a silvopaatora! region of the Mixteca Poblana in Mexico. Fifteen Familiar Production Units (FPU) Goat in the study, two spaces known as markets (tianguis) and 12 sale points were used to commercia1ize goat meat; a structured polI was applied with 75 questions under fourproductive indicatOIll. The frnrt one concentrated goat FPU genera! data, the second one concentrated the goat identification and register, the third one concentrated in the goat meat market and commercialization information, and the forth one included production costs, prices/kg meat and saucer, and preference percentages goat meat consumed in the Mixtecaregion; through the sounding probe in situ method. Finally, it was applied descriptive statistics; using SPSS 10,0 package for Wmdows. In fue results, it was found that 60% of the producers are loeste<! in a regime of smalI property, with 11O popuIations from 30 to goatlunit of silvopaatoml production, 13% ofthe FPU selI their goats at local and regional market in $600.00, 60% sells in $800.00, 7% in $850.00 and 20010 selI in $900.00. The production costlanimal was $ 121. 05, and its net benefit of$ 679.57. The preference ofthe 100010 was for white barbecue, to a cost of$ 200.00/kg. In conclusion, the production and marketing of goat meat in silvopastora! conditions are an option to produce on low costs and to commercialize it like organic product as a future source, because feed costs are reduce<! with the potential fomge tree-shrub type consumed by goats throughout the year