<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1659-1321</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agronomía Mesoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agron. Mesoam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-1321</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1659-13212022000200011</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/am.v33i2.47673</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Eficiencia técnica del frijol caupí (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) en la Región Caribe de Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Technical efficiency of cowpea bean (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) in the Caribbean Region of Colombia]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Reina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cordero-Cordero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carina Cecilia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tofiño-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana Patricia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-13212022000200011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-13212022000200011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-13212022000200011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Introducción. Dentro de los sistemas de producción de la economía campesina en la Región Caribe, el frijol caupí (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) es importante dada su calidad nutricional. Hay pocos estudios sobre la asignación de factores de producción por parte del productor. Objetivo. Analizar y determinar la eficiencia de la producción de frijol caupí en las regiones productoras del Caribe de Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Entre 2018 y 2020 se llevó a cabo el estudio en el que se utilizó la información aplicada a 31 unidades productivas de frijol caupí en los departamentos de Córdoba, la Guajira y el Cesar, en una muestra seleccionada al azar mediante el método de muestreo aleatorio simple. A la muestra se aplicó una encuesta estructurada sobre datos de insumos usados en la producción como mano de obra, semilla, fertilizante. Se calcularon las estadísticas descriptivas, medidas de dispersión, análisis de correlación, regresión y para efectos de evaluar la eficiencia y aporte de cada factor a la producción, se formuló un modelo econométrico tipo Cobb Douglas. Resultados. Se generó información sobre la contribución de cada factor a la producción, donde se destaca la semilla y el fertilizante como los de mayor aporte. Conclusión. El agricultor, fue eficiente por cuanto se evidenció una relación directa entre el aumento de los insumos y las cantidades producidas, además, la brecha tecnología es estrecha del orden del 8 %, con rendimientos a escala creciente por la relación directa entre el aumento de los insumos y el aumento del producto.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Introduction. Within the production systems of the peasant economy in the Caribbean Region, the cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is important given its nutritional quality. There are few studies that inquire about the allocation of production factors by the producer. Objective. To analyze and determine the efficiency of cowpea production in the Caribbean producing regions of Colombia. Materials and methods. Between 2018 and 2020, the study was conducted using the information applied to 31 productive units in the producing regions of the departments of Cordoba, La Guajira, and Cesar in a randomly selected sample using the simple random sampling method. A structured survey was applied to the sample on data on inputs used in production such as labor, seed, fertilizer. Descriptive statistics, dispersion measures, correlation, and regression analysis were calculated, and for the purpose of evaluating the efficiency and contribution of each factor to production, a Cobb-Douglas econometric model was formulated. Results. Information was generated on the contribution of each factor makes to production, where seed and fertilizer stand out as those with the greatest contribution. Conclusions. The farmer was efficient because there was a direct relationship between the increase in inputs and the quantities produced, in addition, the technology gap is narrow of the order of 8 %, with yields on an increasing scale due to the direct relationship between the increase in inputs and the increase in product.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[producción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[factores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[insumos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[rendimientos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[racionalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[productividad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[production]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inputs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[returns]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rationality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[productivity]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Adeola]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Folorunso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gama]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amodu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Owolabi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Productivity and profitability analyses of cowpea production in Kaduna State]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Advances in Applied Science Research]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>2</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>72-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cobb]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Douglas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[A theory of production]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[American Economic Review]]></source>
<year>1928</year>
<volume>18</volume>
<page-range>139-65</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Colque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Evaluación económica de la producción de pequeños productores de cebollas (Allium cepa L.) en municipios de Achacachi y Ancoraimes del departamento de La Paz]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>70-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<nlm-citation citation-type="">
<collab>Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística</collab>
<source><![CDATA[Encuesta Nacional Agropecuaria]]></source>
<year>2018</year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de-los-Ríos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[La eficiencia técnica en la agricultura peruana. El caso del algodón Tangüis en los valles de Huaral, Cañete y Chincha]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Debate Agrario]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Famata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Modu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mida]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hajjagana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shettima]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. Y. &amp; Hadiza]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Chemical composition and mineral element content of two Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) varieties as food supplement]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[International Research Journal of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>3</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>93-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Joshua]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zalkuwi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Audu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Analysis of cost and return in cowpea production: A case study Mubi south local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Agricultural Science and Technology]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>144-7</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Márquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velásquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gazón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Factores determinantes en la eficiencia técnica de explotaciones de frijol]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>11</numero>
<issue>11</issue>
<page-range>2067-73</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Aplicación de la función Cobb Douglas al secado de yuca en la Costa Atlántica de Colombia]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Comercio Exterior]]></source>
<year>2002</year>
<volume>54</volume>
<numero>11</numero>
<issue>11</issue>
<page-range>970-4</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tordecilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Grandett]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cordero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tofiño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Fríjol caupí (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp): Perspectiva socioeconómica y tecnológica en el Caribe colombiano]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ciencia y Agricultura]]></source>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>12-22</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tordecilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Grandett]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Regino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Luna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Analysis of the technical efficiency of the cultivation of yam (Dioscorea spp.) in the Caribbean Region of Colombia]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Hortícolas]]></source>
<year>2021</year>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orewa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. I.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Izekor]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Technical efficiency analysis of yam production in Edo state: A stochastic frontier approach]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[International Journal of Development and Sustainability]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>516-26</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Perdomo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hueth]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Funciones de producción, análisis de economías a escala y eficiencia técnica en el eje cafetero colombiano: una aproximación con frontera estocástica]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Estadística]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>377-402</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Métodos de muestreos, casos prácticos]]></source>
<year>2005</year>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brugiafredo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Raña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Eficiencia técnica en la agricultura familiar: Análisis envolvente de datos (DEA) versus aproximación de fronteras estocásticas (SFA) Technical efficiency in family farming: data envelopment analysis (DEA) vs. Stochastic frontiers approach (SFA)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Nova Scientia]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>18</numero>
<issue>18</issue>
<page-range>342-70</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tomás]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oliver]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Modelos lineales y no lineales en la explicación de la siniestralidad laboral]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Psicothema]]></source>
<year>2005</year>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>154-63</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Toro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Perea]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Modelos econométricos para el desarrollo de funciones de producción]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Córdoba]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
