TY - JOUR
T1 - Transdisciplinary Interventions to Improve the Sustainability of Maize Agroecosystems
T2 - A Case Study from Mexico
AU - Domínguez-Hernández, Martha E.
AU - Domínguez-Hernández, Elisa
AU - Martínez-Barrera, Guillermina
AU - Domínguez-Hernández, Arnulfo
AU - Zepeda-Bautista, Rosalba
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/4/3
Y1 - 2022/4/3
N2 - The municipality of Ahuazotepec presented a complex food insecurity scenario, mainly because there are limitations regarding food supply/local maize production and the inhabitants so their access to food can be disrupted quite easily. A transdisciplinary approach and methodology were adapted to analyze, design, implement, and evaluate an agricultural intervention to improve agroecosystems in the region using agroecological practices. The experimental results indicated that the application of agroecological fertilization management improved soil fertility indicators, grain yield, benefit-to-cost ratio, and the resilience of the system. For the intervention, when a transdisciplinary scheme in which collaboration between actors was intensified, the benefits are greater than in a conventional scheme, where only economic or in-kind aid is provided, even when based on similar practices.
AB - The municipality of Ahuazotepec presented a complex food insecurity scenario, mainly because there are limitations regarding food supply/local maize production and the inhabitants so their access to food can be disrupted quite easily. A transdisciplinary approach and methodology were adapted to analyze, design, implement, and evaluate an agricultural intervention to improve agroecosystems in the region using agroecological practices. The experimental results indicated that the application of agroecological fertilization management improved soil fertility indicators, grain yield, benefit-to-cost ratio, and the resilience of the system. For the intervention, when a transdisciplinary scheme in which collaboration between actors was intensified, the benefits are greater than in a conventional scheme, where only economic or in-kind aid is provided, even when based on similar practices.
KW - Sustainability
KW - agroecology
KW - agroecosystems
KW - food security
KW - transdiscipline
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85134784011&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.22545/2022/00196
DO - 10.22545/2022/00196
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85134784011
SN - 1949-0569
VL - 13
SP - 85
EP - 89
JO - Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science
JF - Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science
ER -
