Self-management as a way for in situ conservation of creole poultry genetic resources

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to identify local organization strategies of peasant women for the conservation of Creole chickens.

METHODOLOGY: informal dialogues were applied to 5 producers from the rural community of Hidalgo. The information collected was analyzed based on organizational self-management elements. Based on the proposals of three authors, the organizational elements to be considered at community level for the strengthening of the self-managed organization were analyzed.

RESULTS: specific self-organization strategies are used by peasant women to conserve their Creole chickens because chickens were considered of great value due to their resistance to diseases and adaptation to local feeding and environmental conditions. Based on the results and the three-author reviewed, an analysis framework is proposed for the design of actions that strengthen the self-managed participation of women for their Creole poultry resource at the community level.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY: It is necessary to study more in depth, the mechanisms of self-managed organization of women in rural communities for the conservation of their local resources. As a result, it will be possible to describe, in a more complex way, the functionality, potential, cooperation mechanisms, among other elements that strengthen its structure.

CONCLUSION: Great potential is attributed to self-managing organization mechanisms as a way to conserve resources at the local and community level.

KEY WORDS: poultry farming, self-organization, Creole chickens, rural community.