Food Producers in The Peri-Urban Area of Mexico City. A Study on the Linkages between Social Capital and Food Sustainability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Peri-Urban Agriculture in Mexico City
3.2. Description of Typology and Relationship with Social and Cultural Capital
3.2.1. “Traditional” Peri-Urban Agriculture
3.2.2. “Traditional-Innovative” Peri-Urban Agriculture
3.2.3. “Politicized Projects”
3.2.4. “Educational/Tourism Projects”
3.2.5. “Business Projects”
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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“Traditional” | “Traditional-Innovative” | “Politicized Projects” | “Educational/Tourism Projects” | “Business Projects” | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tenure | Social | Social | Private | Social/Private | Private |
Investment capabilities | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Access to infrastructure | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Economic dependence | High | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Importance of self-consumption | Priority | Secondary | Secondary | Irrelevant | Irrelevant |
Articulation with the market | Commercialization of surpluses in the local market | Multiple marketing channels | Alternative food networks | Multiple marketing channels | Market niches |
Age | Retirees | Retirees | Youth | Middle-aged and young | Middle-aged and young |
Schooling | Low | Medium | High | High | High |
Cultural frames | Local | Mixed | Global | Global | Global |
Main claims | Health | Socio-ecological | Socio-ecological | Predominantly ecological | Predominantly ecological |
References | Tradition | Mixed | Innovation | Innovation | Innovation |
Generic division of labor | Men responsible for production and women responsible for processing, sales, and links with institutions. | Men responsible for production and women responsible for processing, sales, and links with institutions, with some exceptions. | Mixed | Men responsible for production. | Men responsible for production. |
Subsidies | Low, mainly of public origin | Medium: public and private | Medium: public and voluntary work | Medium: public and voluntary work | High: private origin |
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Bertran-Vilà, M.; Pasquier Merino, A.G.; Villatoro Hernández, J.G. Food Producers in The Peri-Urban Area of Mexico City. A Study on the Linkages between Social Capital and Food Sustainability. Sustainability 2022, 14, 15960. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315960
Bertran-Vilà M, Pasquier Merino AG, Villatoro Hernández JG. Food Producers in The Peri-Urban Area of Mexico City. A Study on the Linkages between Social Capital and Food Sustainability. Sustainability. 2022; 14(23):15960. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315960
Chicago/Turabian StyleBertran-Vilà, Miriam, Ayari G. Pasquier Merino, and Jessica Geraldine Villatoro Hernández. 2022. "Food Producers in The Peri-Urban Area of Mexico City. A Study on the Linkages between Social Capital and Food Sustainability" Sustainability 14, no. 23: 15960. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315960
APA StyleBertran-Vilà, M., Pasquier Merino, A. G., & Villatoro Hernández, J. G. (2022). Food Producers in The Peri-Urban Area of Mexico City. A Study on the Linkages between Social Capital and Food Sustainability. Sustainability, 14(23), 15960. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315960