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Abstract
Objective: To contribute to characterize the diversity and functioning of cropping systems of four communities in the Northern Sierra of the state of Puebla, Mexico, to propose actions through sociotechnical practices in order to contribute towards an agroecological transition and territorial sustainability.Design and methodology: Surveys were applied to key informants in four communities, afterwards a stratified random sampling (SRS) was used to apply a questioner to 76 family systems and their main plot. R program ver. 3.5.2. was used to test normality, basic statistics, ANOVA and HSD Tukey.Results: Family systems have 2.21 ha for farming, main plot is 0.74 ha on average. Six cropping systems were identified, and they are practiced by families in different proportions: 1) maize, collecting weeds and fruits (Mmr), 47.37% of families; 2) coffee monoculture (Uc), 15.79%; 3) split plot (Pd), 11.84%; 4) maize-bean intercrop with collecting (Amfr), 10.53%; 5) fruits and annual crops intercrops (Afa), 9.21%; 6) Other cropping systems (Osc), 5.26%. There were identified eight crops and 16 collecting species. Pd system had statistical advantage related to production value.Limitation: Management strategies are explained at family farming system scale.Conclusions: Cropping systems show a diversity of farming management, and due to their knowledge, local resources and socio technical practices evidence a favourable state for the agroecological transition of the territorial agriculture.