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dc.contributor.authorVoisin, Mélanie
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-13T10:40:42Z
dc.date.available2013-09-13T10:40:42Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2013-09-13
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/189643
dc.description.abstractThe evaluation of agro-ecosystems sustainability requires transforming complex aspects in others, more simple, that permit to point out tendencies at a system level. To do so, indicators are an efficient tool to get a general analysis in the most objective way. The aim of this master thesis was to develop a set of indicators that would evaluate the vulnerability of tropical agro-ecosystems in Tabasco, southeast Mexico. The work took place in two different areas of Tabasco, both in a lagoon context. The analysis was realized at two scales, the community scale and the activity of production scale, according to three dimensions: social, economic and environmental. The indicators showed clear vulnerability tendencies in the two areas of study and between the different activities of production. The vulnerability depended a lot from the contextual factors (geographic isolation, infrastructure, climate pattern, agricultural policies) and structural factors (nature of agricultural activities, governmental authorities, natural resources exploitation). The most isolated communities, of poor infrastructure and rural development plan were clearly the most socially, economically and environmentally vulnerable. The crop and cattle farming, sensitive to pests and diseases and hydric stress, that depend a lot on inputs and soil quality presented real difficulties whereas fishing and alternative productions were not that linked to the soil or natural resources quality and showed relative resilience.no_NO
dc.description.sponsorshipECOSUR, Corredor Biologico Mesoamericano, UMB Norway, ISARA Lyon, EI Purpanno_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
dc.subjectvulnerabilityno_NO
dc.subjectindicatorno_NO
dc.subjectmulti-criteria analysisno_NO
dc.subjectrural communitiesno_NO
dc.subjectTabascono_NO
dc.titleEvaluation of farmers vulnerability from a multidimensional point of view in the coastal plain of Tabasco, Mexicono_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914no_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber88no_NO


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