Determining resources for the supply of basic food in the Valle de Cuautla Region

Abstract

The Cuautla Metropolitan Zone (CMZ) is the second most important urban area in Morelos, which due to its geographical and territorial structure, has an agricultural vocation. Its condition has favored the sparsely planned urban expansion that diminishes the environment and generates adverse effects. Agricultural activities do not escape unwanted effects, since industrial agriculture and agrobusinesses are displacing rural, traditional and ancestral exploitation schemes, which implies the transition to processes with a severe ecological footprint. The agricultural sector is a priority for all societies and requires guidelines that allow it to be reoriented and reconfigured, in order to formulate more harmonious, resilient and lasting local agrobiodiversity schemes.