Observaciones sobre un sistema de producción agrícola en el Pico de Orizaba, Veracruz, México

The fir (Abies hickelii and Abies religiosa) forest in Veracruz is distributed in deep soils, humid mist and protected ravins. Established near these forests, human communities obtain different products. Understand how, why and when these human communities use the natural resources, can give us alternatives for their sustainable use. In the traditional production system of the fir forest in the Pico de Orizaba, the family represents the nucleus of the system and there are six main subsystems: agriculture, forest, home garden, sale of task, animal husbandry and hunting. The present study shows preliminary observations that will contribute to obtain new lines of research. Field trips, informal interviews with peasants and periods of three to four days of stay in the community provided data for this study.