RESILIENCE AND LIVELIHOODS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MODEL

Abstract

Objective: To formulate a community development model to contribute to rural resilience in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Design/methodology/approximation: The execution of the project considered the incursion into communities of high and very high marginalization with a population of 300 to 3,800 inhabitants established in five states during the period July 2017 to March 2018, under the auspices of INCA Rural, A.C.. Sustainable livelihoods and the logical framework made it possible to systematize and analyze data collected in the characterization of the development potential of the territory (natural resources, productive resources and anthropogenic activity), carried out with literature review and field phase. A social innovation agenda was formulated with descriptive cards of projects and potential sources of financing.

Results: 93 localities established in 14 microregions in five states were intervened, 90 extension agents in community development were trained, 216 training actions carried out, 90 community databases, 90 community development plans, 90 acts of integration of órganos de consulta y planeación comunitaria (OCPC) and 14 records of integration of grupos de extensionismo para el desarrollo microrregional (GEDM).

Limitations on study/implications: The duration of the project prevented the implementation of the community development plan.

Findings/conclusions: The present model preponderates the active participation of the individual as the basis for contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of the community, based on the valorization of the territory and the collective identity framed in participatory processes.