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- Title
Exploitation of plantain (Musa spp.) plantations as an agrotourist element.
- Authors
Bonilla-Gutiérrez, Esthefanía; Gómez-Merino, Fernando Carlos; Trejo-Téllez, Libia Iris; García-Albarado, J. Cruz; Hidalgo-Contreras, Juan Valente
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the processes and alternative uses that plantain cultivation may have, in addition to places with tourist potential in the town Monte Salas, municipality of Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico. Design/methodology/approach: A review of the space of the study area was performed, as well as an anthropological analysis, description of the process of the plantain leaf used to prepare local food, commercial analysis, development of a sustainable product, and a research stay in Colombia. Results: In Monte Salas, Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico, plantain cultivation is regarded as an outstanding element of the landscape, together with the process of leaf roast production as a value-adding strategy to generate biodegradable co-products. Through the dissemination of audiovisual capsules on social networks, places with tourist potential were made known and together with the implementation of the offer of biodegradable co-products, it was demonstrated that plantain leaf can be used alternately. Study Limitations/Implications: Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) coronavirus pandemic, the dissemination of our findings and products were restricted. Conclusions: Novel biodegradable products can be manufactured from plantain leaves, which created a special interest of local tourists to visit Monte Salas and enjoy the agrosystemic landscape.
- Subjects
VERACRUZ (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico); COLOMBIA; BANANAS; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19; CAPSULE neural networks; BIODEGRADABLE products; LOCAL foods; SUSTAINABLE development; SARS-CoV-2
- Publication
Agro Productividad, 2021, Vol 14, Issue 9, p175
- ISSN
2448-7546
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32854/agrop.v14i9.1774