Industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment: Yucatan, Mexico
Water and manure management from industrial poultry and swine farms in Yucatan, Mexico, is driving socioenvironmental conflicts due to policies that largely ignore the karstic landscape’s limited capacity to recycle manure nutrients and prevent the pollution of groundwater, the only fresh...
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Water and manure management from industrial poultry and swine farms in Yucatan, Mexico, is driving socioenvironmental conflicts due to policies that largely ignore the karstic landscape’s limited capacity to recycle manure nutrients and prevent the pollution of groundwater, the only freshwater source in the region. Mexico’s trade agreements favor the access to export markets and conditions for rapid industrial farm expansion. According to an analysis of the secondary information on industrial swine and poultry production in 21 municipalities, 11,559 metric tons of excreted nitrogen was generated in 2020. We estimate that 85% of this nitrogen remains in a reactive form and pollutes the environment. An open, evidence-based dialog among stakeholders is needed on water and manure management policies and strategies to ensure sustainability and equity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2bcc04bde7dc45a99a74f587a5eddec42025-08-20T02:09:24ZengAcademia.edu JournalsAcademia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability2997-60062025-02-012110.20935/AcadEnvSci7530Industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment: Yucatan, MexicoAbelardo Rodríguez-López0Emilio de los Ríos-Ibarra1Consultant, San Juan del Rio 76820, Queretaro, Mexico.ENES Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Merida - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ucu 97357, Yucatan, Mexico. Water and manure management from industrial poultry and swine farms in Yucatan, Mexico, is driving socioenvironmental conflicts due to policies that largely ignore the karstic landscape’s limited capacity to recycle manure nutrients and prevent the pollution of groundwater, the only freshwater source in the region. Mexico’s trade agreements favor the access to export markets and conditions for rapid industrial farm expansion. According to an analysis of the secondary information on industrial swine and poultry production in 21 municipalities, 11,559 metric tons of excreted nitrogen was generated in 2020. We estimate that 85% of this nitrogen remains in a reactive form and pollutes the environment. An open, evidence-based dialog among stakeholders is needed on water and manure management policies and strategies to ensure sustainability and equity.https://www.academia.edu/127932304/Industrial_poultry_and_swine_groundwater_pollution_in_a_karstic_environment_Yucatan_Mexico |
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| title | Industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment: Yucatan, Mexico |
| title_full | Industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment: Yucatan, Mexico |
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| title_short | Industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment: Yucatan, Mexico |
| title_sort | industrial poultry and swine groundwater pollution in a karstic environment yucatan mexico |
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