Diversidad agroalimentaria: estrategias de reproducción campesina en economías de autosubsistencia en Los Altos de Chiapas, México

Abstract: Objective: To analyze the contribution of family agriculture in the construction of peasant food strategies as a response to socio-productive problems in communities in the municipalities of Tenejapa and San Juan Cancuc, in the Tseltal region of Chiapas’ Highlands. Methodology: The research is a case study that serves to characterize the strategies of social reproduction in a rural self-subsistence economy. The data were obtained through qualitative research techniques, including interviews, field visits, analysis of corn, coffee, honey and vegetable production systems, and focus group discussions. Results: It can be highlighted that agro-food diversity is the main strategy for social reproduction among self-subsistence farmers and that the most valued assets are land and production techniques, as well as the multifunctional nature of agriculture. Limitations: The study and its method can be a reference for analysis of social reproduction strategies in peasant families of indigenou

Object Details

• Alternative title: Agro-food diversity: strategies of peasant reproduction in self-subsistence economies in Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Spanisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Estudios Sociales: Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo Regional ; 32 (2022) 59 ; 1-27

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2022
• Creator: Alcazar-Sánchez, Jesús Geovani ; Gómez-Martínez, Emanuel

Further information

• DOI: 10.24836/es.v32i59.1184
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406270918082.921815978793
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:51 PM CET