Commercial agriculture and territorial resistance: Analysis of urban-rural relations in the province of Azuay
In the Ecuadorian province of Azuay, agro-ecology seems to signal towards the rebirth of family agriculture in a context of regional migration. Given changes in land usage and the improvement of peasant economies, we envisage a profound mutation in the rural landscape of Azuay. Notwithstanding, in l...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Institution: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repository: | Revista EUTOPIA |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/764 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/764 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ecuador Azuay migración agricultura comercial aprovisionamiento urbano resistencia territorial migration commercial agriculture territorial resistance. |
| Summary: | In the Ecuadorian province of Azuay, agro-ecology seems to signal towards the rebirth of family agriculture in a context of regional migration. Given changes in land usage and the improvement of peasant economies, we envisage a profound mutation in the rural landscape of Azuay. Notwithstanding, in lieu of a true model of territorial rural development, the term territorial resistance is used as weak regional commercial networks do not allow an adequate integration of a majority of peasants, evidencing the need for a more ambitious vision that takes into account the close ties between rural and urban areas, to assist the insertion of poor peasant farmers into commercial agriculture. |
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