Resumen

PEREZ SANCHEZ, José Manuel  y  JUAN PEREZ, José Isabel. Agricultural terracing in Cerro Tenismo, Toluca, Mexico. Terra [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.51, pp.163-184. ISSN 1012-7089.

Mexican farmers practicing various traditional agroecosystems particular case, the terraces. This system is one of the oldest in the valley of Toluca and is currently in the process of abandonment. The objective was to characterize the system of terraces of the hill Tenismo in Calixtlahuaca, Toluca, Mexico, highlighting its main components: retaining walls, ditches, vegetation and crops. From the qualitative research, direct observation and description of agroecosystem components 15 terraces of the middle and upper hillside Tenismo described. The results indicate that Calixtlahuaca terraces with rock wall and metepantles (semiterraza), is a system that contributes to the conservation of the slopes and where it is possible to obtain subsistence crops. We conclude that the management undertaken by farmers through the terraces (walls, ditches and vegetation) has agro-ecological characteristics that contribute to environmental preservation.

Palabras clave : traditional agricultural; slopes; metepantles; terraces.