Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization: Social differentiation and diverse livelihoods strategies in a cut flower exporting territory

Latorre, Sara; Hollenstein, Patric; González-Rodríguez, Mario; Schmitz, Serge

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.05.005

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Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization: Social differentiation and diverse livelihoods strategies in a cut flower exporting territory

Latorre, Sara; Hollenstein, Patric; González-Rodríguez, Mario et al.

2022 • In Journal of Rural Studies, 93, p. 28-42

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Agriculture; Peasantry; Ecuator; MuSIASEM

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[en] The paper analyses peasant livelihood strategies and the associated processes of social differentiation in Pedro Moncayo (Ecuador), a territory starkly influenced by the presence of the cut flower agribusiness. Beside two types of semi-peasants’ livelihoods, numerous semi-proletariat livelihood strategies dependent on flower-based wage income have appeared. These hybrid forms of production and social reproduction reflect different strategies to negotiate the tensions between dependence and autonomy from capitalist circuits of agrarian accumulation as peasantries are confronted with the agri-food globalization.

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Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège

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Human geography & demography

Author, co-author :

Latorre, Sara; FLACSO

Hollenstein, Patric ; Central University of Ecuador

González-Rodríguez, Mario ; Universidad de Las Américas,

Schmitz, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères

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English

Title :

Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization: Social differentiation and diverse livelihoods strategies in a cut flower exporting territory

Publication date :

July 2022

Journal title :

Journal of Rural Studies

ISSN :

0743-0167

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1873-1392

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Elsevier BV

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28-42

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1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
6. Clean water and sanitation
8. Decent work and economic growth
10. Reduced inequalities
12. Responsible consumption and production
15. Life on land

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Synergy Project: Exploring sustainable smallholders’ livelihoods in an agroindustry oriented territory (Ecuador)

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ARES - Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur

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