Essays about: "Andean farmers"

Found 3 essays containing the words Andean farmers.

  1. 1. A greener peace: Ensuring environmental sustainability in post-conflict Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Alejandro Valencia; [2019]
    Keywords : Deforestation; substitution of illicit crops; alternative development; environmental justice; glyphosate; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite its small size Colombia hosts 10% of the planet’s biodiversity, in the over 53% of its territory which is covered by different types of tropical and Andean forests. However, decades of war have had devastating effects on the country’s environment, which is threatened with deforestation for the clearing for agriculture areas, mostly for illegal crops; as well as on its population, which has seen forced displacement of an estimated 8. READ MORE

  3. 2. Everyday Dialogues in Highland Peru: With and Beyond Development Interventions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Natalia Fernanda Munera Parra; [2015-01-15]
    Keywords : Development interventions; Peru; women; Andean farmers; dialogical relations and agency; everyday.;

    Abstract : Development is the enterprise of triggering economic, social and political improvements through policy design and planned interventions and ameliorating negative effects of change. Feminist and anthropological studies of development encounters tend to concentrate on power relations at the same time as they leave only limited room to agency. READ MORE

  4. 3. Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) adoption in potato production using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach : a qualitative study from central Ecuador

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Fernando Pellegrini; [2013]
    Keywords : IPM; Sustainable Livelihoods Approach; potato; pesticides; farmer groups; participation; poverty; livelihood assets; Ecuador;

    Abstract : Potato production and consumption play a big role in the central highlands of Ecuador. Two main biotic constraints hinder the development of potato crops on the field: the Late Blight (Phytophtora infestans) and the Andean potato Weevil (Premnotrypes vorax). READ MORE