Abstract

VELAZQUEZ-AVENDANO, J. Antonio  and  PEREZGROVAS-GARZA, Raúl. Characterization of cattle productive systems in the Tulijá-Tzeltal-Cho indigenous region, Chiapas, Mexico. Agrociencia [online]. 2017, vol.51, n.3, pp.285-297. ISSN 2521-9766.

This study was carried out in a predominantly indigenous area in southeast Mexico, at the XIV economic region “Tulijá-Tseltal-Chol” in Chiapas, in order to recognize the existing cattle production systems found there. To do so, 318 interviews were made throughout the municipalities that make up this region, mainly inhabited by Mayan ethnic groups: Tzeltal, Chol and Tzotzil, besides mestizo and European descendants settled in Sabanilla, Chilón, Yajalón, Tila and Salto de Agua. Out of 48 variables 11 were preselected, nine were then selected from the results of the Pearson chi-square correlation analysis, then shortlisted via multivariate analysis. With the results, four systems common among non-specialized ranchers/farmers on a model dedicated to calves production, and complemented with agricultural activities, were established. From these inferences we concluded that the economic, cultural and social situation in the region is mainly based in a livestock/agricultural binomial scheme, immersed in a peasant economy on an indigenous context. So the economic and productive activities there require promotion strategies to strengthen and reorient public policies. These need to take into account the geoecological conditions of the region as well as the sociocultural.

Keywords : Multivariate analysis; biodiversity; conglomerates; culture.

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