Resilience capacity of coffee agroecosystems in Tezonapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Introduction. Coffee agroecosystems have a great environmental, social, and economic importance in subtropical regions of Mexico, but it is vulnerable to unexpected crisis such as climate change. In recent history, it has been documented that the coffee agroecosystem presents a constant process of self-organization based on adaptation and learning in the face of various adverse scenarios. Objective. Therefore, the aim was to determine the resilience capacity of the coffee agroecosystem in the central region of the Veracruz state. Materials and methods. The research was carried out in Tezonapa, Veracruz, Mexico from December 2017 to November 2018. 52 interviews with coffee farmers were conducted to measure the resilience index, made up of 30 variables corresponding to seven factors (social, economic, technological, infrastructure, communications, institutional and environmental). Resilience was estimated on a scale of 0-1, where values close to zero represent low resilience and close to one, high resilience. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis and, Chi-squared tests. Results. Statistically significant differences (p<0,05) were found for the indicators of the economic (0,06) and technological (0,22) dimensions, with the least contribution to resilience. On the contrary, social (0,78) and environmental (0,74) dimensions had a greater contribution to resilience determined by the altitudinal gradient. Conclusion. The indicators with the greatest contribution to the resilience capacity of the coffee agroecosystem are those of social and environmental dimensions, and with low contribution the economic and technological dimensions capacity.
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