Urban garden project: improvement food sovereignty and socio-emotional skills in a Aguascalientes Mexico vulnerable neighborhood

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1272

Keywords:

educational innovation, urban gardens, sustainability, Community participation, community development, Personal development, food sovereignty, Informal education

Abstract

Introduction: The article shows the results of the urban garden workshop in a vulnerable neighborhood of Aguascalientes. The literature shows that projects that involve the SDGs as well as educational innovation require community participation to achieve the proposed effectiveness. Methodology: The methodology followed is Participatory Action Research, from a workshop for two groups of girls between 6 and 12 years old. Activities were carried out that met two objectives. Those related to food sovereignty and those with personal and community development. Results: The development of awareness about food sovereignty is shown with learning regarding the distinction between sowing, planting and germination, the planning and execution of sowing and those related to personal and community development, specifically focused on the emotional level / emotional and in autonomy and responsibility. Discussion: It is shown that food sovereignty must be anchored with experiences and personal development for meaningful participation to truly exist. Conclusions: reflection on the implications of workshops that raise awareness among participants regarding food sovereignty and at the same time promote the integral development of their participants.

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Author Biographies

María Teresa Hernández Herrera, Universidad Panamericana

D. in Sociocultural Studies, Centro de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico.
She is currently a professor at the School of Pedagogy and assistant to the Vice Rector at Universidad Panamericana campus Bonaterra. D. candidate in Sociocultural Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. She has published several articles in national and international indexed journals and these articles have been cited internationally. She participates in the Thematic Network of Research in Rural Education, a network that is part of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (Conahcyt). She is a reviewer for the annual Congress of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in the areas of Sociology of Education and Rural Education.

Julieta Aguilar Hernández, Panamerican University

Student of the Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy at the Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Participating in the project funded by the Universidad Panamericana through the Fund for the Promotion of Research 2022-2023 entitled “Orchards 4.0: A model of educational innovation to incorporate food production technologies to promote sustainability and sustainability in rural areas of Aguascalientes”.

Julieta Domínguez-Soberanes , Panamerican University

Research Professor at Universidad Panamericana. She has the CONACyT distinction of being a Level 1 Member. She has participated in funded projects with national and international participation, such as 100K Strong in America. she has published several articles in national and international indexed journals and these articles have been cited internationally. She has been invited as a visiting professor in Colombia. He is an associate editor of the Elsevier journal, Food Measurements since 2022. She is the holder of a work registration, in addition, she owns a utility model. Finally, he has two patent applications pending, one national and one international.

José Héctor López-Anaya, Panamerican University

Industrial Engineering student at Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Participating in the project funded by the Universidad Panamericana through the Fund for the Promotion of Research 2022-2023 entitled “Orchards 4.0: A model of educational innovation to incorporate food production technologies to promote sustainability and sustainability in rural areas of Aguascalientes”.

Diego Medrano-Medina, Panamerican University

Industrial Engineering student at Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Participating in the project funded by the Universidad Panamericana through the Fund for the Promotion of Research 2022-2023 entitled “Orchards 4.0: A model of educational innovation to incorporate food production technologies to promote sustainability and sustainability in rural areas of Aguascalientes”.

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2025-02-12

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Hernández Herrera, M. T., Aguilar Hernández, J., Domínguez-Soberanes , J., López-Anaya, J. H., & Medrano-Medina, D. (2025). Urban garden project: improvement food sovereignty and socio-emotional skills in a Aguascalientes Mexico vulnerable neighborhood. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 10, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1272

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Vol. 10 (2025)

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Humanism and Social Sciences

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