The Social Organization of Production in Quimiag, Ecuador: A Case Study of Small-farmer Production Systems in the Highland Andes |
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able activities agrarian reform agricultural altitude animals areas arrangement associated base basin beans cash cattle changes climatic complex continue corn costs crop cultivation cultural distribution ecological effect exists exploitation extremely farm fava beans fertility field FIGURE forced formal frequently given greater groups hacienda harvest hectares highly holdings household important increase indigenous individual influence institutions irrigation labor land landlord larger less limit livestock lower maize major meters occur operate organization owner paramo pasture pattern percent period permit plant possible potato practices present production systems purchase Quimiag rainfall range recent reflect relatively requirements resident resource result sets share share-tenancy single slopes small farmers social soil strategies structure subsistence tenancy tenure tion traditional transfers unit upper usually variations vertical workers zones