Los bancos de semillas nativas del pueblo Wixárika en la promoción de la soberanía alimentaria campesina.

Native seed banks have become a strategy of communities and peoples to promote food sovereignty in the territories, which has been socially constructed as a demand from peasants, which guides policies, programs and strategies for intervention of social organizations. The objective of the research is to analyze the importance of the native seed banks of the Wixárika people, as a model for the promotion of a comprehensive food production system that contributes to the improvement of food sovereignty of the peasant communities of the Valles de Jalisco region. Mexico. It is a qualitative case study, where the knowledge and experiences in the implementation of native seed banks in different cultural contexts and the role that rituals play in the preservation of native germplasm are analyzed. The results of the study analyze the native seed banks of the Wixárika people in the Sierra Madre Occidental who maintain their native seeds through the Coamil Production System; Secondly, the members of the ethnic group collaborate in the implementation of seed banks in rural mestizo peasant populations who are incorporated into an educational program to learn the system of the ethnic group and adapt it to their context. By way of conclusion, it is verified that a fundamental element to maintain native maize are seed banks accompanied and supported by rituals, which is the mythical way of linking maize with Mother Earth.