¹Pediatrician and Public Health Nutritionist, Doctor of Educational Sciences. Full Research Professor at the Regional Institute of Public Health Research of the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico, Mexico.

²Master in Public Health with focus on Epidemiology and Bachelor in Nutrition from the University of Guadalajara. Professor in Food and Population Nutrition, affiliated to the Department of Public Health of the University Center for Health Sciences of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

³Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition with orientation in public policies from the University Center of Tonalá. Scholarship holder attached to the Support Program for the Improvement of Production Conditions SNI-SNCA (PROSNI) of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

*Corresponding Authors’ Contact Detail: E-mail Address ✉: recricrosa_7@hotmail.com

Accepted June 28, 2022

Food sovereignty is examined to build a participatory proposal for social management for the implementation of public policies for sustainable food production. The observation unit is constituted by farmers belonging to the community of San Antonio Puerta de la Vega, municipality of Ameca, Jalisco. A semi-structured survey was used to collect quantitative data and carryout the situational diagnosis of food sovereignty; in-depth interviews with key informants were used to collect qualitative data, and ethnographic records were used to collect data on the educational intervention process. 50 families (17% of the total population) participate in the study, of which 41 (86%) produce food, mainly sugar cane and corn, using intensive techniques, agrochemicals and improved seeds for their production. The farmers established as the main solution proposal the training for organic food production with the following educational intervention axes: organic food sowing; production of organic fertilizers, creation of a native seed bank and integration of backyard animals in food production. Three strategies are proposed for the social management of the food sovereignty proposal: creation of a community school, individual transformation actions and dissemination of the topics in the community. Food sovereignty is deteriorated by the changes in the modes of production implemented, characterized by intensive production, which generate cultural and socio-environmental damage. The social management of an organic agriculture model contributes to the achievement of Food Sovereignty, through the production of organic food, with a model managed from their needs, which allows the care and recovery of natural environments.

Key words: Food Sovereignty; Social management; Farmers; Mexico.

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