Short communication: qualitative study of inclusion of rabbit in home gardens from Yucatan, Mexico

Authors

  • Luis Eliezer Cruz-Bacab Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, km 25, R/A. La Huasteca 2ª Sección, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México. CP 86280
  • Carlos Sandoval-Castro Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Departamento de nutrición animal. Km. 15.5 Carretera Mérida – Xmatkuil, Mérida, Yucatán, México
  • Wilian Aguilar-Cordero Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Departamento de nutrición animal. Km. 15.5 Carretera Mérida – Xmatkuil, Mérida, Yucatán, México
  • Armando Jacinto Aguilar-Caballero Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Departamento de nutrición animal. Km. 15.5 Carretera Mérida – Xmatkuil, Mérida, Yucatán, México
  • Gabriel Iván Pantoja-Núñez Pecuarius Laboratorios. Sufragio 616 Colonia Centro, Cd. Obregón, Sonora, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31164/reiagro.v1n1.1

Keywords:

small-holders, strategy, incorporation, Oryctolagus, rural

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess qualitatively assess the inclusion of rabbit in home gardens, in two communities in Yucatan, Mexico. Participating families received four rabbits. Qualitative information including rabbits was obtained in each community through participatory techniques. The results were analyzed by analysis of variance and non-parametric Mann - Whitney – Wilcoxon test. The community of Santa Elena showed higher inclusion of rabbit in home gardens compared to Ucú (P <0.05). Qualitative studies allow the identification of species of interest to the community and the feasibility of the inclusion to the Home garden. Santa Elena presented a higher inclusion of the rabbit to the home garden

The image of the cover corresponds to sheep grazing in a silvopastoral system with leucaena in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan, Mexico (photo by M. Barros-Rodríguez, PhD, Ecuador)

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Published

2018-05-17

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research Papers

How to Cite

Short communication: qualitative study of inclusion of rabbit in home gardens from Yucatan, Mexico. (2018). Revista Ecuatoriana De Investigaciones Agropecuaria, 1(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.31164/reiagro.v1n1.1