TY - JOUR
T1 - Entre la adaptación a alteraciones climáticas locales y el abandono de la agricultura
AU - Martínez, Sandra Llovizna González
AU - Meléndez, Luis Arturo Ávila
AU - García, José Teodoro Silva
AU - Wells, Gustavo Blanco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Asociacion de Antropologos Iberoamericanos en Red. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The aim of this article is to describe how farmers of indigenous communities respond to climate variations in Chilchota, Michoacán, Mexico. It is important to know which are the emerging processes affecting their food crop production, while that may increase vulnerability of these communities. This contribution presents seven different kinds of farmer’s adaptations, the factors that influence their capacity to cope with climatic variations, and the socioeconomic differences among farmers. Attention is placed on the importance of political and historical relationships that limit adaptive responses at the regional level. At the same time, the discursive framework of State and capitalized farmers is identified, which benefits “modern agribusiness” and contributes to dismiss collective responses based on traditional and agro-ecological knowledge.
AB - The aim of this article is to describe how farmers of indigenous communities respond to climate variations in Chilchota, Michoacán, Mexico. It is important to know which are the emerging processes affecting their food crop production, while that may increase vulnerability of these communities. This contribution presents seven different kinds of farmer’s adaptations, the factors that influence their capacity to cope with climatic variations, and the socioeconomic differences among farmers. Attention is placed on the importance of political and historical relationships that limit adaptive responses at the regional level. At the same time, the discursive framework of State and capitalized farmers is identified, which benefits “modern agribusiness” and contributes to dismiss collective responses based on traditional and agro-ecological knowledge.
KW - Agricultural modernization
KW - Climate variations
KW - Indigenous community
KW - Rain-fed agriculture
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U2 - 10.11156/aibr.100103
DO - 10.11156/aibr.100103
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1695-9752
VL - 10
SP - 27
EP - 48
JO - AIBR Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana
JF - AIBR Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana
IS - 1
ER -