Table 1
Characteristics of citrus farms studied (N= 241).
Caractéristiques des exploitations d’agrumes étudiées (N= 241).
| Age | 50% are under 60, of which 11% are under 45 |
|---|---|
| Level of education | 70% of citrus growers have an average level of education or less, of which 12% are illiterate. 10% are academics. |
| Agricultural training | 37% of citrus growers have received training in agriculture but it is short training (one week maximum) for 66% of them. |
| Other activity | Only 10% are pluriactive. |
| Experience | 37% started farming before 1980 33% between 1980 and 1990 30% between 1990 and 2017 |
| Useful agricultural area | 58% ≤ 5 ha |
| Citrus area | 71% ≤ 5 ha, of which 43% ≤ 3 ha |
| Period of installation of the agricultural operation | 20.5% of citrus orchards were installed during the colonial period 20.5% from 1963 to 1993 38.92 % from 1994 to 2014 20.08% from 2015 to 2021 |
| Legal status of land | 94.2% have concession status and 5.8% ownership |
| Yield | 45.3% of citrus growers have a yield under 100 q/ha 34% have a yield between 100 and 200 q/ha Only 17.8% exceed 200 q/ha. For the remaining 2.9%, orchards have not yet returned to production |
| Diversification of agricultural production | 81.3% produce only citrus fruits. Diversification includes animal husbandry (8.6%, including 4% cattle farming), arboriculture (5.4%, other species than citrus fruits), cereals (2.5%) and market gardening (2.2%). |
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