Cocoa Activity: A Financial Approach To The Farmers In Rancheria Francisco I. Madero, Primera Seccion, Comalcalco, Tabasco Actividad Cacaotera: Un Enfoque Financiero En Los Productores De La Rancheria Francisco I. Madero Primera Seccion, Comalcalco, Tabasco

Cocoa is a crop of great cultural and economic importance in Mexico. In the southeast, it represents a lifestyle for many producers. The study was directed to producers from Rancheria Francisco I. Madero 1st section of Comalcalco, Tabasco. This study is exploratory and descriptive. The first purpose was to register, classify and document the perceptions of cocoa producers. The approach is descriptive, applying an instrument of costs, technical coefficients and yields of cocoa production. We found that cocoa activity is not profitable for producers in the sample. We conclude that the lack of profitability of the cocoa activity is caused by the low income of the producers, which is mainly associated with low prices, controlled by intermediaries. Decreases in production, as a result of disease and high costs of inputs, related to the amount required for cultivation activities also affected profitability.