Evaluation of the sustainability of corn cultivation in Villaflores and La Trinitaria, Chiapas
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https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v11i7.2673Keywords:
agroecological techniques, agro-ecosystem, MESMIS methodology, sustainable developmentAbstract
Today, major environmental events have had an impact on the population at different economic and social levels and above all, on agricultural production. Hence, sustainability is a priority given the need for development that not only involves natural resources, but is also interrelated with economic and social aspects. The objective of this research lies in the interest of measuring the sustainability of the corn production system, in order to determine the levels of sustainability of the productive system, and formulate alternatives that contribute to the design of the sustainable system that benefit productivity with social equity, the conservation of natural resources and the decision-making of the productive units for the year 2018. For this reason, it was evaluated through the framework of evaluation of management systems incorporating sustainability indicators. From the results, it is shown that the sustainability values for the municipalities of Villaflores and La Trinitaria are 3.78 and 4.81, respectively, with a limited sustainable level prevailing. It is concluded that the sustainability of the production system may be maintained in optimal and stable conditions, as changes are made in economic benefits, self-reliance, participatory equity in the production process and in decision-making, implementation of agro-ecological techniques and adoption of sustainable practices and the sustained management of the corn crop to preserve and conserve the natural resource in an integral way.
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