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

Table 8.6
Average Net Potato Yields (Kg/Ha), for Individual Families (1986-87)

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Ura Ayllu

Family # Fields Mean Std. Dev. Min. Max.
A 5 4770 3780 228 9918
B 7 5613 3663 778 11045
C 7 9271 5369 3362 17172
D 7 9276 10840 415 27415
E 7 7873 6321 0 19123
F 6 8973 6266 755 18706
G 10 10285 6527 2488 21739
H 14 6124 8882 367 35453
I 4 7427 5215 1666 14333
J 7 13238 10801 3645 29722
Sum 74        
Average -- 8285 6766 1370 20463

Puna Ayllu

Family # Fields Mean Std. Dev. Min. Max.
K -- -- -- -- --
L 4 4017 1985 1684 6525
M 9 10462 6278 1639 19724
N 6 8723 4967 3968 15544
O 8 14141 10527 3917 34097
P 8 10923 6036 0 21429
Q 8 4477 3495 958 11818
R 6 9562 5060 3786 14694
S 5 2445 2553 0 6585
T 12 5987 3394 1453 13390
Sum 66        
Average -- 7860 4922 1934 15978

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 2 fields are not reported in this table.