Environmental
Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture:
A Study in Northeastern Sonora
AMOUNT: $15,000
US
PROJECT LEADERS: Pablo Alberto Torres-Lima and Timothy
J. Finan
INSTITUTIONS: El Colegio de Sonora and the University
of Arizona
In this study, sustainability is characterized by the
influence of socioeconomic and cultural systems on the
ability of populations to enhance ecology and primary
production. The project includes an assessment of the
relationship between natural resources management for
agricultural production and regional development. The
study examines the farmers’ household labor strategies
and economic decisions affecting the sustainability
of agricultural at local level of rural northeastern
counties of Sonora.
Border PACT
- Border Partners in Action is funded with the generous financial
support of the
William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Ford Foundation
