Valuation of Corn as a Natural Heritage by Women Housewives

  • Rafael Manuel de Jesús Mex-Álvarez Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
  • Patricia Margarita Garma-Quen Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
  • David Yanez-Nava Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

Abstract

Corn is the heritage of the Mexican people. It is an identity element of its culture and society and is an indispensable ingredient in its cuisine. The objective of this research was to know the values and sensitivity to change of the cultural, economic, health and social dimensions of corn. A validated questionnaire was applied to 537 women who buy their food to get their opinion on the socio-cultural, economic and food importance of corn. It was found that existing values in the use and consumption of corn show a greater correlation with age. Younger women have a lower magnitude in the dimensions of values evaluated. However, all generations exhibit a high intensity of sensitivity to change. This represents a need to educate about the importance of corn agrodiversity for its defense as heritage natural.

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Published
2020-07-01
How to Cite
de Jesús Mex-Álvarez, R. M., Garma-Quen, P. M., & Yanez-Nava, D. (2020). Valuation of Corn as a Natural Heritage by Women Housewives. RICSH Iberoamerican Journal of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 9(18), 24 - 39. https://doi.org/10.23913/ricsh.v9i18.209
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Research Articles