Gender, rural households, and biodiversity in native Mexico

Isidro Cabrera, Emma Martelo () and Verónica García ()

Agriculture and Human Values, 2001, vol. 18, issue 1, 85-93

Abstract: Knowledge about maize varieties is the key to rural households' survival in native Mexico. Native peoples relate to nature in particular ways and they play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity. This paper discusses the relationship between native women's accumulated knowledge on maize varieties and the laboratory analysis of the species that they manage. Fieldwork was conducted in an Otomí community, San Pablo Arriba, located in the state of Mexico. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

Keywords: Biodiversity; Gender; Maize; Traditional knowledge; Women's roles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1007669132011

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