INCORPORACIÓN DE LOS PRINCIPIOS DE SUSTENTABILIDAD EN LA ACTIVIDAD AGRÍCOLA, EN EL MUNICIPIO JILOTEPEC, ESTADO DE MÉXICO

Abstract

Farming in Mexico presents obstacles that cause is very difficult to pursue this work, in some regions of the country is no longer profitable and also causes damage to ecosystems. So, farmers are in the need to change jobs, sell their land at low prices or abandon them, leaving a negative environmental impact. This paper argues from the standpoint of sustainability, the way how you can make changes in agriculture so that redo a source of income for rural communities in improving the quality of life for residents and caring the environment around them. In the first instance establishing the context of the sustainability plan for defining the principles of sustainable agriculture, covering aspects of agriculture from an environmental perspective, social and economic. Once developed the themes are integrated with farming case study, which this time is the municipality of Jilotepec, State of Mexico. But, for this is a diagnosis of the region, which generally shows the agricultural situation of the place and shows important data needed to describe the indicators. Using tools are proposed sustainability indicators; they are defined according to the characteristics of the village and their needs. Improvement activities are proposed extending the options of work and prosperity for the area. The proposals comply with showing another form of work that blends the wisdom of past with present knowledge, technology and advances in science. The purpose of this thesis is to show that there are modifications to traditional agriculture is practiced, with the agricultural work in the area can become sustainable, the application will depend on integrating knowledge and transmit it to local people, create groups working to submit appropriate initiatives for the region. Food safety is a priority theme of sustainable agriculture that seeks to satisfy one of the basic human needs is food.