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Cambio climático: Una percepción de los productores de maíz de temporal en el estado de Tlaxcala, México
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bolaños, Hermila Orozco Vázquez, Maricela Hernández Juárez, Guillermina García González, Gerardo Suárez |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Agricultural activities in the state of Tlaxcala rely mostly on climate conditions. Corn producers know this and adopt a positive or negative perspective according to the way they are present each year. The aim of this work was to determine the producers´ perspective and the characterization of knowledge that they possess about weather, climate change impact on production and the adaptability of corn. This research was descriptive-analytical type. The target subject were Creole corn producers under rainfed conditions. It was taken a probabilistic, incidental sample. The used technique was the survey, applying 1930 questionnaires in 39 municipalities in Tlaxcala. From this, it was obtained that 78% of the interviewed producers are over 50 years old, and 60% reached primary school education. Drought and frost are the main climate events that have an impact on their crops resulting in low production as well as a great economical lost. Corn producers have developed several strategies due to these climate variations, some of them are: changing planting dates, using native seeds resistant to drought, and using organic fertilizers to reduce climatic effects. The interviewed producers´ perception was considerably correlated (p ≥ .05). It can be perceived from this that the knowledge related to weather conditions and the seeds that farmers have, both are endangered; therefore, food security is threatened due to climatic changes that affect water-fed corn production. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 26 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.23913/ciba.v8i16.89 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ciba.org.mx/index.php/CIBA/article/download/89/381 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.23913/ciba.v8i16.89 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
