"Meliponicultura": Stories and Knowledge Exchange
Escuela de Agricultura Ecológica U Yits Ka'an
Maní, Yucatán
Valladolid, Yucatán
U Yits Ka'an es un proceso educativo y liberador de acompañamiento para familias mayas, cuyo vértice es la agroecología. En este proyecto multidisciplinar, convergen campesinos, académicos, presbíteros católicos y ex alumnos/as, para acompañar a personas interesadas en la promoción de la agricultura ecológica, como modo sostenible de vida y que puedan convertirse en gestores de cambios en sus respectivas comunidades, promotores de Otro Mundo Posible y de otra agricultura, más sana, ética y basada en relaciones de justicia.
Mantenemos estrecha vinculación con campesinos/as de la región maya, productores/as agroecológicos, ONGs, instituciones académicas, gubernamentales y eclesiales. Propicia la investigación participativa y popular; apoya procesos colectivos en defensa y cuidado de la Casa Común, de los derechos de los pueblos y de la Madre Tierra desde la cosmovisión maya.
EN U Yits Ka'an is a liberating educational process based on agroecology that provides support for Mayan families. Farmers, scholars, members of the catholic clergy, and former students come together to support people interested in the promotion of ecological agriculture as a sustainable way of living, so that they can become agents of change in their communities and promoters of Another Possible World and a healthier, more ethical kind of agriculture based on just relations.
We maintain close ties with farmers from the Mayan region, agroecological producers, and NGOs, as well as with academic, governmental, and religious institutions. U Yits Ka'an promotes participatory, grassroots research and supports collective processes related to the defense and care of our Common Home and the rights of peoples and Mother Earth according to the Mayan cosmovision.
Keeping Melipona bees in hollowed tree trunks (jobones)
Vegetable and herb garden of the agroecological school U Yits Ka'an
Promotorers, teachers and family representatives celebrating 26 years of U Yits Ka'an
Seed Library of U Yits Ka'an
Manufacturing of products from beekeeping and from the garden of U Yits Ka'an
Opening of the Agroecological Tianguis (market) in Tekón 2021
Panoramic view of the facilities of U Yits Ka'an, the Ecological Agriculture School of Maní
Peasant Laboratory "Bernardo Xiu Uc"
U Yits Ka'an products made from locally sourced ingredients
Castration of a pig of a native pig breed (cerdo criollo)
Ceremony at the Medicinal Plant Garden of U Yits Ka'an, January 2022
Architectural plan for a direct marketing place for peasants from the region in Mérida
Kevín is explaining his research work during a tour of U YIts Ka'an agroecological garden
