Martínez Palacios A. auteur aut IRD Prat Christian auteur aut IRD Ríos Patrón E. auteur aut IRD text bookSection eng text/pdf reformatted digital access In Mexico, 45 percent of the country suffers from land degradation, 12 percent of which, or some 23 million ha, are degraded due to water erosion. In Michoacán, a state in west-central Mexico, the figure rises to 27 percent. A study of the soil in Michoacán determined that overgrazing was a cause of degradation and a strategy was drawn up to promote cropping of agave, which is used in production of a high-value alcoholic drink as well as in medicines and cosmetics. The agave’s high value would mean farmers would need fewer cattle. While waiting for the agave to mature, the farmers intercrop trees, plants and grasses that produce marketable products and women earn income in greenhouses by selling small agaves from the seeds they have collected. This project, which started in 2011, is still ongoing. specialized SOL DEGRADE ROCHE VOLCANIQUE MISE EN VALEUR DU SOL SOL CULTIVE EROSION HYDRIQUE PATURAGE HAUTE ALTITUDE LUTTE ANTIEROSIVE PLANTATION PLANTE UTILE CULTURE ASSOCIEE PLANTE FOURRAGERE ARBORICULTURE AGAVE TEPETATE MEXIQUE MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO 068EROSOL 076AGRO Romeo R. ed. edt IRD Vita A. ed. edt IRD Manuelli S. ed. edt IRD Zanini E. ed. edt IRD Freppaz M. ed. edt IRD Stanchi S. ed. edt IRD 97-99 Rome FAO 2015 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064564 978-92-5-108804-3 [F B010064564] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064564 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers15-06/010064564.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2015-06-26 2016-04-03 fdi:010064564 fre