Land Management Strategies and their Implications for Mazahua Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Highlands of Central Mexico

Land Management Strategies and their Implications for Mazahua Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Highlands of Central Mexico

This paper presents a case study from a Mazahua indigenous community in the rural Highlands of Central Mexico. It analyses Mazahua farming livelihoods characterised by subsistence agriculture, marginality, poverty and severe land degradation. Mazahua farmers face constrained environmental, socioecon...

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Main Authors: García-Fajardo Belina, Orozco-Hernández María Estela, McDonagh John, Álvarez-Arteaga Gustavo, Mireles-Lezama Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
Subjects:
rural livelihoods
mazahua farmers
hillside areas
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0003

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0003

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