Identification, prioritization and cost-benefit analysis of good livestock practices that producers of stratified farms implement to reduce the effects of Climate variability in the municipality of Olanchito, Yoro, Honduras

Abstract

The trends of climate change and the increasing probability of new changes make it urgent to adopt practices and / or technologies that contribute to resilience in dairy farms. Through participatory workshops with producers (n = 61) associated with milk collection and cooling centers, located in different areas of the municipality of Olanchito, department of Yoro in Honduras, a catalog of twenty-two good practices was developed, with a time of implementation greater than or equal to five years; and carried out by 20% of the farmers. 50% of them were prioritized and evaluated based on criteria of productivity, adaptation and mitigation. The good practices prioritized were classified into good silvopastoral practices, good management practices and good infrastructure practices. Of this total, seven were selected to be analyzed economically. The farms were classified into small, and medium-size according to the number of head of cattle and hectares (ha) available for livestock, allowing the realization of a comparative financial analysis between zones, type of practices and type of farms. Using real discount rate of 4%, the financial indicators used (B/C, VAN, TIR) showed that small farms; the farms located in the middle zone and those that implemented good silvopastoral practices were the most attractive from the financial point of view. The technologies prioritized and analyzed in this article aim to improve food security, adaptation and mitigation of greenhouse gas.