Backyards: typology and contribution to food security in Mexico
Francisco Guevara-Hernández,
Manuel Alejandro La O-Arias,
Emilio Herasto Aguilar-Vázquez
et al.
Abstract:Backyards are family settings adjacent to the house, characterized mainly by being small-scale and diversified productive spaces. The research typologically characterized the backyards and their contribution to family food security in La Concordia municipality, Chiapas, Mexico. The research was descriptive and mixed, quantitative, and qualitative, and semi-structured interviews were applied to 130 families. For the typification, 21 variables were used, and the statistical techniques of Factorial Analysis and C… Show more
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