Abstract

ROMERO CONTRERAS, Alejandro Tonatiuh et al. Rainfed maize production systems: is ethnoecological knowledge enough to cope with climate variability?. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.71, pp.185-215.  Epub Mar 17, 2023. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20231892.

Mexico is identified as the center of origin of maize. In addition, there is a solid local ethnological knowledge about its cultivation, climate, and cosmogony. This research aims were: 1) to integrate and capitalize on the farmers’ knowledge in the Upper Lerma River Basin and 2) to identify triggers for local sustainability. Through ethnoecological interviews and the Delphi method, a conceptual model of rainfed maize cultivation was built, based on four dimensions: maize, agricultural work, climate-environment, and religion-cosmogony. Climate variability, generational change and industrialization could be a challenge for peasants if their ethnoecological knowledge is not exploited.

Keywords : landraces; local ethnoecological knowledge; capitalize; adaptation; Delphi focus group.

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