Irrigation system and productive strategies in the Andean peasant economies

In this paper we are interested in dealing with the problem of water and its use, as a central component of the technological package produced and used within the economic, social and cultural rationality of Andean peasant economies. The interest in dealing with this topic comes from the following q...

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Authors: Claverías H., Ricardo, Villegas M., Adán, Salas T., Bacilio, Aguilar, Pablo César
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1986
Country:Perú
Institution:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repository:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/1013
Online Access:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/1013
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:sistemas de riego
comunidades campesinas
economía productiva
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Summary:In this paper we are interested in dealing with the problem of water and its use, as a central component of the technological package produced and used within the economic, social and cultural rationality of Andean peasant economies. The interest in dealing with this topic comes from the following questions that, apparently, are part of the common sense of many technicians and professionals related to agricultural activities: for example, some affirm that the agrarian problem in Peru is not the land but Water; Others affirm that the transfer of modern technologies in general and in particular in modern irrigation are the solution for the productive development of Peruvian agriculture.