SUSTAINABLE AGROECOLOGICAL SYSTEMATIZATION: A PROPOSAL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LOXICHA, OAXACA, MÉXICO

Abstract

In 2011, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research for Integral Rural Development in Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACh) began the project for research-outreach-service “Integral Rural Development in the Region of Loxicha, Oaxaca, México”, in the municipalities of San Bartolomé Loxicha, San Agustín Loxicha and Candelaria Loxicha. The project included the lines of increase in productivity, productive diversification, environmental services, and improving quality of life. The evaluation of the advances obtained between 2011 and 2015 was carried out, through the systematization proposal by Chávez-Tafur.
Because of the magnitude of the project, the results are analyzed from the “Learning from experience” proposal. As results, the different achievements that have allowed the acceptance of the project in the region were recorded, through a participative action research scheme. The project is contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of Zapotec producers through a sustainable agroecological approach that gives access to organic foods, and in general a sustainable management of natural resources. A real experience of rural development is offered as a result of this project, which is connected to communities and directed at resolving the countryside problematic.