ABSTRACT

The cotton acreage in Mexico has declined significantly. The reasons of this situation are the low international price, high production costs, low yields and increasing imports. Mexico share of world production is low and Mexican changes in production have no effect on the world price. However, there are production technologies such as narrow rows able to reduce costs and increase yields. In this paper are presented the results of the use of this technology versus the traditional system in the Meoqui, Jimenez, Ascencion and Juarez counties in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Using narrow rows production costs are reduced 30% and the production value rose 28%.