RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS OF THE FIELD: ALTERNATIVES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VILLAFLORES, CHIAPAS

• Main Authors: Rosey Obet Ruiz-González, Liberio Victorino-Ramírez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2014-07-01
• Series: Ra Ximhai
• Subjects: crisis; farming families; culture; alternative farming practices
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/a/uaim.edu.mx/file/d/0B3tidJTiCU5eVXZWYzl5TmFlNnc/edit

The Mexican countryside is a multifaceted crisis that is mainly due to the rise of a greater economic return-oriented capitalist development possible, regardless of the environmental and human health damage. The research was conducted during 2006 to 2008 in thev region Fraylesca, Chiapas, aiming to understand the nature of change in farming practices of the capitalist model towards alternative practices tending to the conservation of natural resources. We worked with 18 rural families who were beneficiaries of the capitalist model and are currently making changes in their production practices. Ethnography was used to understand the nature of changes in agricultural practices, in addition to the interviews, participant observation semi -structured and tours to family agro-ecosystems. Alternative practices, change cultural patterns of agricultural production adopted by the capitalist model.