Publications by authors named "Enrique Ojeda Trejo"
Article Synopsis
- Hñahñu farmers in Mezquital Valley, Mexico, have developed an organized farmland system that effectively addresses challenges like scarce water and low soil fertility by integrating their ecological knowledge into farming practices.
- The research involved workshops, interviews, and participatory mapping to document native terms associated with the landscape and to understand the farmers' soil and water management techniques.
- The findings identified a complex language system with a range of terms related to landforms and use, highlighting the importance of traditional knowledge in sustaining agricultural productivity and effective landscape management.
Background: Mexico is an important global reservoir of biological and cultural richness and traditional knowledge of wild mushrooms. However, there is a high risk of loss of this knowledge due to the erosion of traditional human cultures which is related with the rapid acculturation linked to high migration of rural populations to cities and the U.S.
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