Peasant reproduction, natural resources and gender in a peasant community in Puebla, México
Abstract
Men and women fulfill different functions in the reproduction of
their domestic groups (DG) and in access, use and management
of natural resources to face limitations frequently imposed by the
socio-economic system and the natural environment. This essay
presents results of research conducted in San Antonio Juárez,
Municipality of Tzicatlayocan, Puebla, where use and management
of natural resources were analyzed, as well as the reproduction
strategies that the inhabitants develop differentially by gender.
The methodology used included applying a survey, performing
in-depth interviews and participant observation. The main
reproduction strategies identified are production of crafts made
of palm, Mexican bamboo and giant reed, commercialized in
traditional markets, agricultural activities associated to a system
of soil conservation with the construction of terraces or parapets
for the cultivation of basic foods, extensive small-scale cattle
production, production and sale of barbecued meat, and collection
and sale of forest resources such as firewood and medicinal plants,
all of them activities where a clear gender division of labor is
observed.
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