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Type:	Libro
Title:	Peasants, Potatoes and Pesticides: Heterogeneity in the Context of Agricultural Modernization in the Highland Andes of Ecuador
Authors:	Paredes Chauca, Myriam
Issue:	2010
Publisher:	Países Bajos : Wageningen University
ISBN:	9789085858102
Citation:	Paredes, Myriam. 2010. Peasants, Potatoes and Pesticides: Heterogeneity in the Context of Agricultural Modernization in the Highland Andes of Ecuador. Países Bajos: Wageningen University.
Keywords:	ECONOMÍA AGRARIA CLASE CAMPESINA AGRICULTURA DESARROLLO AGRÍCOLA CULTIVOS CARCHI (PROVINCIA) ECUADOR
Format:	322 páginas
metadata.dc.description.sponsorship:	Wageningen University
metadata.dc.description.tableofcontents:	ÍNDICE | TABLES xv | FIGURES xvii | BOXES xviii | APPENDIXES xix | CHAPTER 1 DISCOVERING FARMING HETEROGENEITY IN CARCHI 1 | INTRODUCTION TO FARMING STYLES 2 | PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH 6 | STUDY CONTEXT 7 | PROBLEM DEFINITION AND MAIN QUESTIONS 9 | THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 11 | LINKAGES BETWEEN THEORY AND EMPIRICAL DATA 13 | THESIS OUTLINE 14 | CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION: MODERNIZATION AS TRANSLATION 15 | THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 18 | POSITIONING OF AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AS POLICY 35 | A PLEA FOR THE BANNING OF HIGHLY TOXIC PESTICIDES — COUNTER TRANSLATION 48 | CONCLUSIONS 51 | CHAPTER 3 STYLES OF FARMING: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH SETTING 52 | CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 74 | DATA SOURCES 79 | CHAPTER 4 POTATO FARMING STYLES IN CARCHI 81 | OVERVIEW OF FARMING STYLES 81 | FAMILIES REPRESENTING EACH FARMING STYLE 92 | BUYING INPUTS FROM LOCAL SHOPS 100 | SELLING POTATOES LOCALLY: CREATING “GOOD LUCK” 100 | CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON PRODUCTION FIGURES 145 | CONCLUSIONS 155 | CHAPTER 5 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF POTATO FARMING STYLES 161 | DATA ORIGIN 161 | THE ANALYSES PERFORMED 163 | FARMING STYLES ACCORDING TO A TEST OF DIFFERENCES IN THE VARIABLES COMPOSING EACH FACTOR 194 | COMPARISON OF FARMING STYLES BY COSTS AND COMMODITIZATION LEVELS 203 | FARMING STYLES WITHIN COMMUNITIES 212 | CONCLUSIONS 218 | CHAPTER 6 FARMING STYLES AND PESTICIDE USE 225 | PATTERNS OF PESTICIDE USE 225 | FARMERS’ PRACTICES OF PESTICIDE USE 226 | FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PESTICIDE USE AND POISONING 243 | RELATING HIGHLY TOXIC PESTICIDES TO SPECIFIC FARMING STYLES 253 | CONCLUSIONS 259 | CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS 267 | THE MODERNIZATION SCENARIO 267 | ADDRESSING THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS 270 | IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 281 | BIBLIOGRAPHY 285 | APPENDIXES 297 | SUMMARY 311 | RESUMEN 315 | SAMENVATTING 319 | CURRICULUM VITAE 323 |
metadata.dc.coverage.spatial:	NL
Description:	The Province of Carchi in the highland Andes of northern Ecuador has been the focus of extensive research on the dynamics of health, environment and productivity since the early nineties. A collection of multidisciplinary research, summarized in Crissman et al (1998) and updated in Yanggen et al (2003a), describes an intensive potato-pasture system that is highly productive (2-3 times the national average in terms of yield per area), but one that generates serious health and environmental problems. Research has found that the use of pesticides leads to chronic toxicity, which affects approximately two-thirds of the rural population. The introduction of mechanized tillage and the disk plough has resulted in the degradation of soils at an annual rate of between 80 and 120 tonnes per hectare. Price fluctuations result in farmers losing money on about 36 percent of their crops.
Rights:	openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Ecuador
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10469/25165
Appears in Collections:	Colección General

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