Understanding Peri-Urban Maize Production through an Examination of Household Livelihoods in the Toluca Metropolitan Area, Mexico

Autor/inn/en	Lerner, Amy M.; Eakin, Hallie; Sweeney, Stuart
Titel	Understanding Peri-Urban Maize Production through an Examination of Household Livelihoods in the Toluca Metropolitan Area, Mexico
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 30 (2013), S.52-63 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.11.001
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Metropolitan Areas; Urbanization; Labor Market; Rural Economics; Rural Development; Land Use; Economic Factors; Agricultural Production; Agricultural Occupations; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Food; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ballungsraum; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Bodennutzung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; Lebensmittel; Mexiko
Abstract	The rates of urban growth globally continue to rise, especially in small and intermediary cities and peri-urban areas of the developing world. Communities in these settings share characteristics with rural areas, in terms of continued connections with agriculture, yet with an increasing reliance of non-agricultural employment which poses challenges for policy and planning shaped by dichotomous configurations of space. This study focuses on maize producers in the Toluca Metropolitan Area, west of Mexico City, which is a traditional maize production region that also has exhibited high rates of industrial and residential growth over the last thirty years. We utilize household surveys from three peri-urban communities to create livelihood cluster groups that tease out the value and role of maize production amongst urban growth. The results show that maize plays various roles for households, including an insurance strategy against volatile job markets and for preference in making homemade tortillas. Rural and urban livelihoods in this region are mutually dependent on each other and not necessarily reflecting a linear rural-urban transition, which could lead to the persistence of maize production in the future. The continuing importance of maize in the Toluca Metropolitan Area provides policy opportunities to recognize and support the crop for household and regional food security despite continued urban growth. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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