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International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology
Volume 4, Issue 1, 2018, Page No: 24-35
doi:dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-8677.0401004

Self-Sustaining, Irrigated Agriculture and Sustainability. A Study in Southern Guanajuato, Mexico

Davison G.Mazabel1,Alex R.Caldera1

1.Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico.

Citation : Davison G.Mazabel,Alex R.Caldera, Self-Sustaining, Irrigated Agriculture and Sustainability. A Study in Southern Guanajuato, Mexico International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology 2018, 4(1) : 24-35

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the possibilities of building and assessment of scenarios of sustainability that the peasants who practice irrigated agriculture in Mexico have. In the first part, we introduce an approach to the evolution of the concept of sustainability, emphasizing on its social dimension, because we consider that it constitutes the backbone from which it will be possible to evaluate its feasibility in a more concrete way. The second part of the article presents an approach to the search of methodologies for its assessment in the study of systems which practice irrigated agriculture, in which it was a priority to consider the social perception.


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