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THE ETNOAGRONOMY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR PEASANTS COMMUNITIES

Authors :
Artemio Cruz-León
Joel Cervantes-Herrera
Adan G. Ramírez-García
Pastor Sánchez-García
Miguel Ángel Damían-Huato
Benito Ramírez-Valverde
Source :
Ra Ximhai, Vol 11, Iss Special 5, Pp 185-194 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, 2015.

Abstract

It is part of the need to continue the legacy of Efraim Hernandez Xolocotzi on traditional agricultural technology, as a paradigm for research, teaching and extension in the field of our country, for this the Etnoagronomia is proposed as one of the ethnosciences to develop and league necessarily technological, economic, social and cultural matter of peasants with development proposals. In our experience of several research with this approach, we found the persitencia and dominance of traditional agricultural technology in rural production in Mexico, with persistence of traditional knowledge related to the knowledge of natural resources, genetic diversity of cultivated and exploited wild species management technology, existence of traditional tools, presence of propitiatory rituals, agricultural calendars, forms of transmission of knowledge. As for rural development initiatives with the participation of rural communities we have found that the recognition of knowledge and its use for development proposals in participatory processes resulting in projects ethnodeveloment, local development, sustainable development, agricultural development, inter alia, the interests of the actors.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian
ISSN :
16650441 and 34457933
Volume :
11
Issue :
Special 5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Ra Ximhai
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fdbf6fd4a4a344579334ede62dc15803
Document Type :
article