Sustainability Assessment of Traditional Agroecosystems in the High Region of Yaonáhuac, Puebla, Mexico
| Autor: | Sonia Emilia Silva-Gómez, Eduardo Torres, Ignacio Carranza-Cerda, Lucía López-Reyes, María Isabel Palestina-González |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Agroecosystem
agroecology Index (economics) home gardens 010501 environmental sciences Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering 01 natural sciences Environmental Sustainability Index sustainability index Forest gardening Agroecology TD1-1066 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Agroforestry business.industry Subsidy small-scale agroecosystems 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Geography Agriculture Sustainability 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries business |
| Zdroj: | Environments Volume 8 Issue 5 Environments, Vol 8, Iss 40, p 40 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2076-3298 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/environments8050040 |
| Popis: | A Sustainability Index for Traditional Agroecosystems (SITA) applied in Yaonáhuac, Puebla, Mexico was built. The index was composed of 16 indicators, with which the analysis of diversity-resilience, self-management-autonomy, integration, and self-sufficiency was carried out. To determine the type of sustainability, 62 in-depth interviews were applied to inhabitants of the municipality of Yaonáhuac. The results showed that the following indicators increased the sustainability of home gardens: soil fertility properties, agricultural heterogeneity, linking practices with the home garden, family participation, non-participation in government subsidies, agricultural local knowledges, uses of plants, material of the fence or boundary, productive diversity, and destination of crops. It was found that 29 home gardens showed super strong sustainability and 31 had strong sustainability. The SITA can be used to research small-scale traditional agroecosystems with similar characteristics to monitor their sustainability, as well as to assist in decision-making and promote agroecological management from the home. The shown data represent initial information to monitor and propose agroecological transitions in that region. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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