Determination of the main agricultural crops for the Metropolitan Puebla-Tlaxcala area using the Papadakis Methodology

Abstract

Objective:

The objective of this study is the application of methods to identify areas with potential for agricultural

Design/methodology/approach:

The process was through calculations using monthly data, applying the Papadakis Methodology that was obtained in April 2022 from the database of the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA);

Results:

Potential areas were identified within the study area, through the Papadakis classification that contemplated five categories for crops such as: Optimal, very adequate, adequate, acceptable and unacceptable areas.

Limitations on study/implications:

It is desirable that the technological tools applied to agriculture can be easily exploited to achieve better results, proposing potential areas for peri-urban urban areas.

Findings/conclusions:

One of the major concerns for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the loss of soils suitable for agricultural production. Peri-urban urban agriculture (UPA) takes relevance in the production of available food as an irreplaceable tool in the context of food and sustainability in urban areas.

According to the present, this type of UPA is seeking to be recognized by political agendas and that the production obtained by this type of agricultural system can have a market where it can be offered. In addition to being considered as an alternative for the food security of the most unprotected localities in urban areas.