La jolla, una estrategia campesina basada en el manejo del arrastre hídrico de sedimentos y la diversidad vegetal

Abstract

In this article the management of la jolla in the community of San Pedro Quilitongo, Oaxaca, was analyzed. Semi-structured interviews were applied considering environmental aspects (construction, plant diversity and management), social (family unit composition, migration and labor) and economic aspects (temporal trend, yields and annual dynamics) -soil formation, and soil samples were analyzed in the laboratory. The jollas area retains 51% of the soil released by water. The management consists in the incorporation of manures to increase organic matter, the rotation of crops, the rest of the cultivated areas and the use of the plow, generating a favorable soil for the crop. In which they plant maize (five varieties), beans, faba beans, squash, peas, chilacayota, identifying up to six crop combinations in them. The peasants carry out the “hand return” to complement the missing labor product of the migration.