Environment, Economics, and Family Farm Systems: Farm Expansion and Adaptation on the Western Slopes of Andean Ecuador (Cultural Ecology)
This study assesses the popularity of multizonal farming on the western slopes of Andean Ecuador. It is based on 18 months of fieldwork in a multiethnic area of Bolivar Province known as Llullundongo, where the sale and expropriation of estates in the first part of this century allowed for farm expansion among small farmers in the highlands and on the adjacent outer slopes. As of 1982, most local families had established farms with at least one highland and one outer slope homestead, each with a house and fields. This multizonal pattern was typically found among indigenous peoples but also common among whites. Its popularity may be attributed to its economic versatility, as it usually includes both highland subsistence agriculture and outer slope cash farming.
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