Strategic design for the management of the productive development of the red bean category in the municipality of San Pedro del Norte in the department of Chinandega, comprised in the period 2015 to 2019

Abstract

The design of a strategic plan for the productive development of the red bean category was carried out, projecting its implementation for five years (2015-2019). The design of the strategic plan was based on the diagnosis of the bean crop, including an analysis multi-criteria suitability under a geographic information systems (GIS) environment, generating three sub-models of aptitude (biophysical, environmental and socioeconomic) which were integrated to generate a final model of crop aptitude, reflecting that 22.76% of the municipality is optimal for cultivation, 47.33% of acceptable aptitude and 29.92% of aptitude marginal. The strategic plan is a five-year roadmap to strengthen the productive capacities of farmers through five strategies with their respective actions: organization of the local red bean seed system, strengthening skills and education, strengthen productive capacity through agroecological production for a sustainable production adapted to climate change, strengthen marketing processes through a unit of marketing and production support policies and inter-institutional coordination for the development of bean cultivation. 77.9% of bean producers in the municipality of San Pedro consider their main production problem to be climatic factors mainly drought. The multi-criteria evaluation provides sufficient reliability to make decisions and support for territorial planning in precision agriculture.