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This research work was conducted in the Municipality of Charapan, in the State of Michoacan, which is located in the region known as Purepecha Plateau. At a first stage, 22 producers were surveyed to collect social and economic information. A second stage included organizing a workshop with producers to prepare participatory budgets where producers were grouped into two work groups. The obtained results showed production units with 6 to 9 hectares and an average herd size of 21 animals. The main crops the producers grow are oats and corn. Although high production costs were seen, which were associated to a heavy use of concentrates, a low productivity of crops and animals, several producers with attractive gross margins were identified.