Aplicación de los principios bioéticos en la deshidratación de durazno en la Sierra Tarahumara

Juan Manuel Herrera; Teresita de Jesús Ruíz Anchondo; María Cecilia Valles Aragón; Ana María de Guadalupe Arras Vota

doi:10.31637/epsir-2026-2194

Authors

Juan Manuel Herrera Autonomous University of Chihuahua https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4446-3484
Teresita de Jesús Ruíz Anchondo Autonomous University of Chihuahua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7238-3405
María Cecilia Valles Aragón Autonomous University of Chihuahua https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1694-763X
Ana María de Guadalupe Arras Vota Autonomous University of Chihuahua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-9646

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2026-2194

Keywords:

Drying, Cooperative, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice, Autonomy, Dehydration, Food security

Abstract

Introduction: Hybrid drying reduces waste of peaches, a perishable fruit, increasing their shelf life and commercial value, and minimizing post-harvest losses. The objective was to analyze the impact of the bioethical principles of beneficence, autonomy, non-maleficence, and justice on the implementation of hybrid drying technology in the Sierra Tarahumara, to determine its capacity to improve economic and social sustainability in rural communities. Methodology: Qualitative research on bioethical principles was conducted using a synthetic method and a literature review in databases such as Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, Latindex, Scielo, Dialnet, and Redalyc, managing results with Zotero. Results: The principle of beneficence preserves the value of peaches and promotes economic development in rural areas through sustainable dehydration technologies. The principle of non-maleficence prevents damage in the food process, especially post-harvest, minimizing economic losses, resources, and health risks, such as contamination during peach drying. The principle of justice guarantees equitable access to the dehydrator and fair prices for producers and consumers. The principle of autonomy allows the community to choose the type of peach and drying process. Conclusions: Dehydration of peaches in the Sierra Tarahumara enhances quality of life, promotes sustainable development, supports informed decision-making, and optimizes resource utilization, all while respecting bioethical principles.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Juan Manuel Herrera, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

PhD student in Horticultural Sciences at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH), with a research focus on horticultural production systems. He holds a Master's degree in Materials Science from the Center for Advanced Materials Research (CIMAV) and a degree in Industrial Mechanical Engineering from the Technological Institute of Chihuahua (ITCH). He is currently a professor at the National Institute of Technology of Mexico, Chihuahua II Campus. He has participated in various research projects and participated in national and international conferences. He has taught courses, workshops, conferences, lectures, and talks at both academic and professional levels. He has extensive academic experience.

Teresita de Jesús Ruíz Anchondo, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

PhD in Materials Science (CIMAV) and senior researcher at the UACH. Specializing in agricultural biotechnology, she has developed micropropagation protocols for fruit trees and studied secondary metabolites in plants. Author of more than 20 indexed publications, she has led projects on organic agriculture and bioactives. A member of the SNI (National Institute of Statistics and Census), she teaches courses in plant biochemistry and supervises theses. She is fluent in English. Her research interests include abiotic stress, micropropagation, and nanotechnology applied to carotenoids.

María Cecilia Valles Aragón, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Professor-Researcher at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH) since 2014. She holds a PhD in Materials with a specialty in the Environment, a training that complements her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a master's degree in Environmental Science and Technology. Since 2015, she has been a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), currently at Level I. Her academic work includes teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as technical direction of various projects aimed at improving environmental conditions in urban and rural settings. Her research focuses on the analysis of environmental issues in human settlements, including studies on water quality, waste management, and sustainable territorial planning.

Ana María de Guadalupe Arras Vota, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

She holds a degree in Communication Sciences, a Master's degree in Administration, and a PhD in Administrative Sciences from UNAM. She is a professor and researcher at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua and is part of the National System of Researchers Level II in the area of Economics. In 2014, she received the State Prize for Science, Technology, and Innovation in Chihuahua. She was recognized as the 2016 Drago de Latina Award for her article "ICT Competencies of University Students." Her research interests include "Communication, Culture, and Technology Management." She has published more than 50 scientific articles, coordinated six texts, and has authored three books related to communication and organizational culture.

References

Acosta Miranda, M. L., y Hernández, L. Á. (2021). Reduce the loss of food in the agricultural production through dehydration. Revista Tecnológica-ESPOL, 33(3), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.37815/rte.v33n3.874 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37815/rte.v33n3.874

Africano, K. L., Almanza-Merchán, P. J. y Balaguera-López, H. E. (2015). Fisiología y bioquímica de la maduración del fruto de durazno [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Una Revisión. Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Hortícolas, 9(1), 161-172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17584/rcch.2015v9i1.3754

Al-Bar, M. A. y Chamsi-Pasha, H. (2015). Contemporary bioethics: Islamic perspective. Springer Nature. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-18428-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18428-9

Anchondo-Aguilar, A. y Piñón-Miramontes, M. Á. (2021). Diagnostico técnico-productivo de las Unidades de producción Familiar del municipio de Urique, Chihuahua. En Recuperación transformadora de los territorios con equidad y sostenibilidad: Vol. II (pp. 239-254). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. https://ru.iiec.unam.mx/5479/

Ardisana, E. H., Millet-Gaínza, B., Torres-García, A. y Fosado-Tellez, O. (2019). Transgenic food: Yes or not? The south american perception. Chakiñan, Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, 8, 148-157. https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.08.10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.08.10

Blanco, L. y Valldecabres, L. (2016). Guía para el desarrollo de proyectos de secado solar en comunidades rurales. Energía sin fronteras.

https://energiasinfronteras.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GuiaSecadoV3.pdf

Boldt, J. y Orrù, E. (2022). Towards a unified list of ethical principles for emerging technologies. An analysis of four European reports on molecular biotechnology and artificial intelligence. Sustainable Futures, 4, 100086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2022.100086 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2022.100086

Brito Sosa, G. y Iraizoz Barrios, A. M. (2012). Biopsychosocial assessment of the older adult from a bioethical approach in a Cuban population section. Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral, 28(4), 630-648.

Caicedo-López, L. H., Aranda, A. L. V., Sáenz De La O, D., Gómez, C. E. Z., Márquez, E. E. y Zepeda, H. R. (2021). Elicitores: Implicaciones bioéticas para la agricultura y la salud humana. Revista Bioética, 29(1), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-80422021291448 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-80422021291448

Castillo Téllez, M., Castillo Téllez, B., May Tzuc, O. y Marzoug, R. (2021). Secado solar y conservación de alimentos. Ecofronteras, 25(73), 24-27. https://revistas.ecosur.mx/ecofronteras/index.php/eco/article/view/2013/2081

Colmillo, H. M., Calvo Cortes, J. y Flores Castillo, L. A. (2024). Business plan for the installation of a dehydrated tomato powder production plant. Universidad y Sociedad, 16(4), 122-135. http://scielo.sld.cu/pdf/rus/v16n4/2218-3620-rus-16-04-122.pdf

Coto, E. J., González, Á. E. R. y Morales, J. L. Á. (2021). Analysis of the training process in cooperatives case studies in Mexico city. Revista Gestión y estrategia, 59, 23-36. https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/azc/dcsh/gye/2021n59/Rivera DOI: https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/azc/dcsh/gye/2021n59/Rivera

Díaz-Méndez, C., García-Espejo, I. y Otero-Estévez, S. (2018). Discursos sobre la escasez: Estrategias de gestión de la privación alimentaria en tiempos de crisis. Empiria. Revista de metodología de ciencias sociales, 40, 85. https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.40.2018.22012 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.40.2018.22012

Gifford, R. W. (1977). Primum non nocere. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 238(7), 589-590. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1977.03280070029018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1977.03280070029018

Gómez, P., Tomás y Garrido, G. M. y Almagro Costa, M. (2003). Pérdida de alimentos frutihortícolas durante la postcosecha: Consideraciones bioéticas. Persona y bioética, 19, 61-69. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2888335

Guevara Alban, G. P., Verdesoto Arguello, A. E. y Castro Molina, N. E. (2020). Metodologías de investigación educativa (descriptivas, experimentales, participativas, y de investigación-acción). Revista Científica Mundo de la Investigación y el Conocimiento, 4(3), 163-173. https://doi.org/10.26820/recimundo/4.(3).julio.2020.163-173 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26820/recimundo/4.(3).julio.2020.163-173

Hui, Y. H., Cano, M. P., Gusek, T., Sidhu, J. S. y Sinha, N. K. (2012). Handbook of fruits and fruit processing. John Wiley & Sons.

Izquierdo Fernández, J. y Rodríguez Fazzone, M. (2012). Necesidades bioéticas para desafíos impostergables de una agricultura familiar sostenible. En Bioetica: Herramienta de las políticas públicas y de los derechos fundamentales en el Siglo XXI (pp. 565-606). UMSA-Università degli Studi di Salerno-ProDiversitas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347455590

Jurado-Luengas, D. (2023). Diseño de un controlador pid de temperatura para un deshidratador solar en el área de investigación del Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Martín Texmelucan [Tesis de licenciatura]. Tecnológico Nacional De México campus San Martín Texmelucan.

Kamfa, I., Fluch, J., Bartali, R. y Baker, D. (2020). Solar-thermal driven drying technologies for large-scale industrial applications: State of the art, gaps, and opportunities. International Journal of Energy Research, 44(13), 9864-9888. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5622 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5622

Lamidi, Rasaq. O., Jiang, L., Pathare, P. B., Wang, Y. D., & Roskilly, A. P. (2019). Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review. Applied Energy, 233-234, 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.044 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.044

Lawrence, D. R. (2024). Bioethics transformed: 40 years of the value of life. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180124000549 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180124000549

Lozano, J. E. (2006). Fruit manufacturing: Scientific basis, engineering properties, and deteriorative reactions of technological importance. Springer.

Maldonado-Montalvo, J., Ramírez-Juárez, J., Méndez-Espinoza, J. A. y Pérez-Ramírez, N. (2017). El sistema de producción del brócoli desde la perspectiva del campo social de Pierre Bourdieu. Estudios Sociales. Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo regional, 27(50), Schoor. https://doi.org/10.24836/es.v27i5.487 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24836/es.v27i50.487

Marasso Spaciuk, N. I. y Ariasgago, O. L. (2013). La bioética y el principio de autonomía. Revista de la Facultad de Odontología, 6(2), 72. https://doi.org/10.30972/rfo.621651 DOI: https://doi.org/10.30972/rfo.621651

Martynenko, A. A. y Vieira, G. N. A. (2023). Sustainability of drying technologies: System analysis. Sustainable Food Technology, 1(5), 629-640. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3FB00080J DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3FB00080J

Mogollón, D. A. F. y Ochoa, A. (2022). Diagnosis of good agricultural and environmental practices in the potato and peach production systems of three villages in the municipality of Chitagá, Norte de Santander. Ciencia y tecnología agropecuaria, 7(1),

19-27. https://doi.org/10.24054/cyta.v7i1.2776 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24054/cyta.v7i1.2776

Montoya Herrera, M. y Rivera González, Á. E. (2023). Facilitadores y barreras de la transferencia de conocimiento entre sociedades cooperativas. INTER DISCIPLINA, 11(30), 177-213. https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485705e.2023.30.80421 DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485705e.2023.30.80421

Ortiz-Rodríguez, N. M., Condorí, M., Durán, G. y García-Valladares, O. (2022). Solar drying Technologies: A review and future research directions with a focus on agroindustrial applications in medium and large scale. Applied Thermal Engineering, 215, 118993. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118993

Osorio-García, S. N. y Roberto-Alba, N. F. (2023). Bioética global: Entre normatividad biológica y normalización social. Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, 15(29), e2450. https://doi.org/10.22430/21457778.2450 DOI: https://doi.org/10.22430/21457778.2450

Qiu, L., Zhang, M., Tang, J., Adhikari, B. y Cao, P. (2019). Innovative technologies for producing and preserving intermediate moisture foods: A review. Food Research International, 116, 90-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2018.12.055 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2018.12.055

Qu, H., Masud, M. H., Islam, M., Khan, M. I. H., Ananno, A. A. y Karim, A. (2022). Sustainable food drying technologies based on renewable energy sources. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 62(25), 6872-6886. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2021.1907529 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2021.1907529

Sánchez-Toledano, B. I., Borja-Bravo, M., Zegbe, J. A. y Quintero, S. X.-A. (2024). Perception of dehydrated products by mexican consumers. Future Foods, 100491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100491 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100491

Saucedo Arteaga, G., Chávez Villasana, A. y García González, V. (2013). Salud y nutrición en la Sierra Tarahumara. Estudios de Antropología Biológica, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.2003.43155

Schoor, M. y Salazar, A. P. A. (2022). Primary production systems based on agroecology, agrobiodiversity and bioethics to proceed towards sustainable production. Estancias, 2(4), 281-299. https://revistas.uaq.mx/index.php/estancias/article/view/1053/859

Seguí-Mas, E., Mateos-Ronco, A., Marín-Sánchez, M. del M., Marí-Vidal, S., & Michael-Zamorano, M. (2011). Factores determinantes en la predicción del fracaso empresarial en cooperativas: Un análisis Delphi. Centro de Investigación en Gestión de Empresas Universitat Politècnica de València. https://acortar.link/lcxM3X

Tancara, C. (1993). La investigación documental. Temas sociales, 17, 91-106. https://acortar.link/oQjePU

UNCTAD. (2020). Fair trade enterprises spread benefits through value chains. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. https://acortar.link/THWpsj

Zepeda-Burciaga, L. F. (2024). Social economy in Mexico: An analysis of cooperatives in the state of Chihuahua. Journal of Business and Economics Insights, 1(1), 89-104. https://revistascientificas.uach.mx/index.php/economicus/article/view/1672 DOI: https://doi.org/10.54167/ejbei.v1i1.1672

Zhu, A. y Shen, X. (2014). The model and mass transfer characteristics of convection drying of peach slices. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 72, 345-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.01.001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.01.001