Agricultura familiar y desarrollo agroecológico: acercamiento teórico-empírico desde el occidente de México

Abstract

Summary. This article focuses on family farming and its transition to sustainable agriculture. After describing some of the theoretical bases of family farming, it presents a case study fromwestern Mexico. The case study represents a group of farmers that is interested in the transition towards sustainable agriculture. A survey was applied to 35 producers participating in a training course on agroecology. From the case study it becomes clear that the transition to sustainable agriculture is a highly heterogeneous process, so training and rural development projects should take into account this diversity.