Pobreza y degradación ambiental en la agricultura del estado de Zacatecas a nivel municipal
2012
In this study, relationship between poverty and environmental degradation in Zacatecas
state agriculture was analyzed. Research was addressed from the John B. Foster developed
Marxist standpoint, based on the concepts of production social relationships, metabolism
between society and nature, coevolution and metabolic rift, assuming a social explanation
of the current environmental crisis.
Methodological procedure was as follows: at first, from five ecological indicators,
state municipalities were classified, obtaining three different strata in accordance with their
environmental degradation level. Next, values of four social indicators were analyzed for
each stratum, including patrimony poverty, capability poverty and food poverty. The study
showed a significant statistical correlation among environmental degradation, patrimony
poverty and capabilities poverty rates. The most ecologically degraded region coincides
with the most important municipalities for state agriculture, excluding the case of food
poverty. Meeting the most basic human needs seems no to be correlated with environmental
degradation.
We conclude that agricultural sustainability depends not only on the improvement
of ecological environment, but on the social conditions of population as well, in particular
regarding to reduction of poverty for people who live in rural areas. However,
environmental problem will not be solved while production social relationships remain.
More studies are needed for better understanding causal relationships between social
conditions and natural environment.
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