Cultivating Diversity: Field Scattering as Agricultural Risk Management in Cuyo Cuyo, Department of Puno, Peru

Table 8.5
Average Net Potato Yields (Kg/Ha), for Individual Families (1985-86)

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Ura Ayllu

Family # Fields Mean Std. Dev. Min. Max.
A 5 3711 4243 0 11000
B 5 8756 6899 4839 21058
C 3 5471 2881 3457 8771
D 5 11220 6917 1767 18514
E 5 12458 7919 5962 26071
F 4 19704 8364 12782 31273
G 5 15145 10474 2172 26267
H 5 7901 3473 3258 12509
I 1 7225 -- -- --
J 5 6921 5665 1870 15092
Sum 43        
Average -- 9851 6315 4012 18951

Puna Ayllu

Family # Fields Mean Std. Dev. Min. Max.
K 5 4596 2525 2292 7482
L 6 6444 5435 0 12906
M 9 11091 6382 2339 18898
N 6 10308 4833 6223 18101
O 7 12260 13017 596 31292
P 5 13616 5628 3714 17744
Q 5 4197 2908 1190 8312
R 5 10583 14784 0 36286
S 5 1071 1688 0 3859
T 4 2387 1516 804 4439
Sum 57        
Average -- 7655 5872 1716 15932

Notes

Number of fields is the number for which data are available. Fields missing harvest data or obviously erroneous are not included. A total of 9 fields are not reported in this table.