Socio-environmental comparison in indigenous agricultural productive systems: Tontotuna, Totoró-Colombia and Tsotsil, Chamula-Mexico

Abstract

A comparison of the conservation practices associated with the management of the family agricultural production system called the Trau Misak garden and the Patchocona garden is presented. in the indigenous peoples of the Tontotuna Reservation, Municipality of Totoró-Cauca-Colombia and the Tsotsil people, Municipality of Chamula-Chiapas-México, respectively. The methodology was framed in hermeneutics and was based on ethnobotany, interrelating the axes of time, space and culture. Given the holistic and complex nature of this research, ethnography and participatory action research were used with descriptive techniques for the dynamics of use and management of plant resources in Trau Misak and Patchocona’. The results present the comparative transformation strategies that are generated and used in Trau Misak and Patchocona ‘, strengthening the identity of each indigenous people, facing the problems of survival and contributing to the reduction of hunger, by laying the foundations for food security.