Reconversión productiva a palma de aceite en el Valle del Tulijá, Chiapas, México. Impacto diferenciado por género.

Abstract

Starting from the premise that points to global processes impacting differentially in the local scope and that their implications and responses are related to particularities in each territory, this study attempts to explain the impact differentiated by gender of the public policy, framed within global economic processes that drive the productive reconversion to palm oil in small productive units of three indigenous localities in the Tulija Valley, Chiapas, Mexico. The information presented was collected and analyzed through a mixed research approach, using as fundamental tools the survey and the semi-structured interview. Initially the local context is analyzed, finding asymmetrical gender relationships at the family and community level. Then, the expression of the public policy of productive reconversion to oil palm in the communities is described, especially since the transformation of economic activities, showing its impact on the local provision of foods and the monetarization of the family income. Finally, the differentiated impact by gender is identified finding that the productive reconversion to oil palm entails greater disadvantages for women due to unequal gender relationships.