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The economic behaviour of campesinos has long been a prominent issue in development debates. Models used to explain economic behaviour have generally been based on the theoretical assumptions of specific (Western) schools of thought. Consequently, economics is determined by the theory that informs a particular study without considering the meaning that campesinos impart to the...
Conservation of agricultural biodiversity has become an important paradigm in efforts to promote sustainable development throughout the world. This is especially the case in Andean countries, where ex situ conservation of crops has been a focus of attention since the 1970s. In Peru in the early 1990s, researchers and development specialists also focused on in situ conservation and...
Andean landscapes are rich with examples of traditional land uses that have proven sustainable over centuries, contribute to biodiversity and other natural values, and are living examples of cultural heritage. These landscapes and the diverse array of values they represent are, however, exceedingly vulnerable. As countries in the region strengthen existing national systems of...
In the tradition of the University of California's Berkeley School under the leadership of Carl O. Sauer, the author has made, over a period of some 50 years, an outstanding contribution to the cultural geography and native "landscapes" of the tropical Andes and Amazonia.
This book is most timely and important in an age of seemingly divergent economic trends in Latin...
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