Socio-agronomic characterization of agricultural producers that survive in the community of San Diego, Texcoco

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the producers who still grow food in the San Diego community through knowledge of their agricultural production systems.

Design/methodology/approach: Visits and field trips to the farmers' plots were made to obtain information that would allow the design of a questionnaire that would enable the agronomic and social classification of producers in San Diego. The questionnaire was applied to 26 of them, who narrate historical facts about their survival in food production.

Results: Most of the interviewed farmers are 55 years old on average, have a level of education equal to or higher than high school, have three economic dependents, use the yunta to till their soils, use hybrid seed, apply to their plots organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizers for the growth of their crops, for the control of pests and diseases they use agrochemicals and the control of weeds is done manually and the water for the crops is supplied by gravity irrigation.

Limitations on study/implications: This research was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic, so only 26 farmers could be located, since most of them were at home.

Findings/conclusions: In the community of San Diego there are two types of farmers: those who carry out practices related to conventional agriculture and others who maintain traditional practices and combine them with conventional agriculture.