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SOCIAL RELATIONS AND SEED TRANSACTIONS AMONG SMALLSCALE MAIZE FARMERS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEYS OF OAXACA, MEXICO; PRELIMINARY FINDINGS [PDF]
This paper explores social arrangements associated with seed transactions among small-scale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico, a centre of crop genetic diversity. A formal seed distribution system has yet to develop in the region and
Badstue, Lone B. +4 more
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Roads, lands, markets, and deforestation : a spatial model of land use in Belize [PDF]
Rural roads promote economic development but also facilitate deforestation. To explore the tradeoffs between development and environmental damage posed by road building, the authors develop and estimate a spatially explicit model of land use.
Chomitz, Kenneth M., Gray, David A.
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Una noche con Doña Auxiliadora [PDF]
, 1991 1 archivo PDF (5 páginas); incluye ilustraciones en blanco y negro. fhduoCuento que relata el encuentro entre un venado mítico, y un campesino llamado Marcelino, donde ocupa un lugar central la relación hombre ...
Bazarte Martínez, Alicia
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Botanical SciencesBackground: Traditional agricultural systems in Mesoamerica are adaptations of ancient farmers to the complex and varied environments. Tezcalera represents one of them.
Alejandro Arzate-Camacho +4 more
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Estrategias de manejo de la milpa maya en Xoy, Peto, Yucatán
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2019 El sistema tradicional milpa, manejado mayormente bajo temporal en Yucatán, México; es importante a nivel social, biológico y ambiental. La milpa ha perdurado a través del tiempo por los conocimientos ancestrales transmitidos por generaciones.
Elia María Ku-Pech +6 more
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La milpa como centro de origen
Temas de Nuestra América. Revista de Estudios Latinoaméricanos, 2018 “El Maíz no es una cosa, es un centro de origen”, es una frase que surgió en la Red en Defensa del Maíz en México, que cuenta de un compilado de saberes colectivos de los pueblos indígenas y campesinos en lucha por la defensa de las semillas criollas de maíz contra los transgénicos.
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Ecosystem Services in the Milpa System: A Systematic Review
One EcosystemThe Milpa System is an ancient agroecosystem that has played a crucial role in Mesoamerican agriculture for over 9,000 years, particularly in Mexico and Central America.
Aline Romero-Natale +2 more
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Uprooting Diversity? Peasant Farmers’ Market Engagements and the on-Farm Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in the Guatemalan Highlands [PDF]
The long-term security of the global food supply is contingent upon the on-farm conservation of crop genetic diversity. Without it, food crops lack the ability to evolve in the face of new pests, emerging plant diseases, and changing environmental ...
S. Ryan Isakson
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Journal of Political EcologyThis article draws upon multispecies ethnographic fieldwork with the Maya Ixil in Iximulew (Guatemala) to identify a model of biodiversity conservation that decolonizes food systems in situ through biocultural practices of care work with more-than-human ...
Gina D'Alesandro
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Agricultural practices affect the bacterial community structure, but how they determine the response of the bacterial community to drought, is still largely unknown.
Iván P. Moreno-Espíndola +12 more
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