Puebla Territory-Specific Basket of Goods Strategies and Their Local Repercussions for Employment and Profit: the Case of Xicotepec de Juárez, Puebla

• Main Authors: Mario del Roble Pensado Leglise, Silvio Martínez Vicente
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica) 2015-07-01
• Series: Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria
• Subjects: Shade-grown coffee; System dynamic; Agroecolog y; Capacity building; Territorial development; Income
• Online Access: http://revista.corpoica.org.co/index.php/revista/article/view/369/333

Developing a basket of land goods means a systemic strateg y for small farmers because it allows reaching multiple objectives in order to promote territorial competitiveness to access market niches with varied rural goods, strengthen social capital and generate better local levels in employment and income, together with increasing and preserving the environment. This analysis implied the application of a system dynamics model which produced possible future scenarios (through Ve n s i m®DSS 5.8) about employment and income obtained by smallholder coffee farmers from Xicotepec de Juárez municipality in Puebla, regarding the setting of the above mentioned strateg y for rural development. Results showed that this strateg y was implemented successfully and also revealed opportunities for: a) improving the development capacity of small farmers; b) making the institutional context favorable; c) The reinforcement of social capital essential to implement this land strategy.