DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING PRACTICES IN A DROUGHT CONTEXT IN THE MEXICAN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

Ruben Manuel Zepeda Cancino; Randy Alexis Jiménez Jiménez; Armando Martinez Rosales

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Trabalho

DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1442001

Título do Trabalho

DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING PRACTICES IN A DROUGHT CONTEXT IN THE MEXICAN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

Autores

Ruben Manuel Zepeda Cancino
Randy Alexis Jiménez Jiménez
Armando Martinez Rosales

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 05 - Family Farming in Comparative Perspective

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1442001-dairy-cattle-feeding-practices-in-a-drought-context-in-the-mexican-central-highlands

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

climate variability, cultural repertoire family, dairy farming, peasant rationality

Resumo

In Mexico, family dairy farming contributes 21% to national milk production. This livestock activity has been impacted by severe droughts resulting from climate change. The objective of this study was to analyze feeding practices for dairy cattle from a location perspective in a drought context in Aculco, State of Mexico. The research was qualitative, involving interviews with dairy farmers, cheesemakers, and milk collectors, as well as participant observation in areas where this livestock activity takes place. The farmers are, on average, 55 years old, milk four cows, and produce 64 liters of milk per day, which they sell for US$0.55 per liter. Feeding practices for dairy cattle are based on the use of improved forages from the Holstein model such as oats, alfalfa and concentrated feed that are combined with local knowledge of the farmers such as the use of corn stubble and grazing in the "besana" showing a localization process with the use of cultural repertoires and peasant rationality. However, droughts have led to a scarcity of these forage resources within the production unit and a rise in their market price. For example, the price of a bale of oats went from US$4.37 to US$8.74. Consequently, various strategies have been employed, the main one being the sale of animals to purchase feed, which has reduced herd size and milk yields. Family dairy farming is vulnerable to droughts; however, this activity is part of the strategies that contribute to the subsistence of the peasant family in the face of climatic and economic crises. We consider it necessary to design public policies in a participatory manner that place peasant families at the center and propose strategies that promote productive diversification, as well as adequate management of water and fodder, in addition to raising awareness of the problem of global climate variation.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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CANCINO, Ruben Manuel Zepeda; JIMÉNEZ, Randy Alexis; ROSALES, Armando Martinez. DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING PRACTICES IN A DROUGHT CONTEXT IN THE MEXICAN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1442001-DAIRY-CATTLE-FEEDING-PRACTICES-IN-A-DROUGHT-CONTEXT-IN-THE-MEXICAN-CENTRAL-HIGHLANDS. Acesso em: 22/09/2026