AGRICULTURE AND COLLECTIVE MIGRATION IN THE GUERRERO MOUNTAIN REGION, MEXICO

Abstract

Objective: To describe the agricultural activity and forms of migration of agricultural laborers in the municipality of Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero.
Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire was applied to 108 migrants from 17 communities of the study municipality, for the descriptive analysis of the migratory process. The study variables considered sociodemographic characteristics, agricultural aspects and migratory aspects.
Results: In the municipality of Tlapa de Comonfort, 100% of the interviewees migrated with their family. This way of migrating is very advantageous because all members of the family have the possibility of working, which represents greater economic income. The type of farming activity that they practice in their communities is subsistence agriculture, insufficient to cover the needs of the family.
Study limitations/implications: The diversity of places of origin and the lack of a migrant registry make it difficult to apply random sampling.
Findings/conclusions: The agricultural laborers of the municipality of Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, migrate because the agricultural activity does not generate sufficient income for their survival and in the region there are no alternative sources of employment.