ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to show empirical evidence that it is possible to obtain concrete quantitative information from an agroecosystem based on joint work between peasants and technicians. It presents the local knowledge as an epistemic source for the agroecology. Participatory research constitutes a methodology that seeks the participation of the community for its own benefit establishing a new relationship between theory and practice. In reference to the methodological application previously described, two concrete cases are presented. The first one referred to the action developed with the species Dasyphyllum diacanthoides as a result of the participatory research carried out with a group of peasants from the Andean area of Huechelepun. The second case refers to a work carried out with the Andean community of Armerillo in which, as a result of the methodological application, the knowledge level and socialization of the floristic resources of its environment was determined.
