Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative

While the peasant populations of the Ecuadorian Sierra have been marked by multiple constraints in their history, for thirty years, the liberal policies that aimed at the “modernization” of the primary sector of the economy in Ecuador have led to profound changes in the Andean regions. From fieldwor...

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Main Authors: Nasser Rebaï, Julio A. Alvarado Vélez
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Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2019-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/4918
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description While the peasant populations of the Ecuadorian Sierra have been marked by multiple constraints in their history, for thirty years, the liberal policies that aimed at the “modernization” of the primary sector of the economy in Ecuador have led to profound changes in the Andean regions. From fieldwork conducted in the provinces of Azuay, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, during which interviews with institutional actors and surveys within family farms were carried out, it was highlighted that the disappearance of public agricultural services, the promotion of chemical pesticides and the development of mining have favored the disunity of the peasant groups. In addition, we observed that in recent years, family farmers have developed agricultural practices that have adverse effects on the environment while, at the same time, their food security was not ensured. Finally, the work done over the past three years provides an opportunity to take stock of the negative effects of the “modernizing” project of the primary sector in Ecuador and, through the comparison of several local situations, to characterize the extension of the trajectory of vulnerability of Andean rural territories.
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spellingShingle Nasser Rebaï
Julio A. Alvarado Vélez
Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
Revue de Géographie Alpine
Andes
Ecuador
rural territories
primary “modernization”
trajectories of vulnerability
title Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
title_full Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
title_fullStr Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
title_full_unstemmed Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
title_short Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative
title_sort trajectoires de vulnerabilite des territoires ruraux dans les andes d equateur une analyse comparative
topic Andes
Ecuador
rural territories
primary “modernization”
trajectories of vulnerability
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/4918
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