Ecología del robo agrícola en las tierras altas de los Andes centrales
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JOURNAL:
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América Indígena,
30(1),
3 -
14.
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YEAR:
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1970
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PUB TYPE:
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Journal Article
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SUBJECT(S):
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Agricultural theft in the Andes
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DISCIPLINE:
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Geography
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LANGUAGE:
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Spanish
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PUB ID:
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103-385-802
(Last edited on
2003/01/01 08:05:33 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
Inter and intra-village thievery is widespread in Southern Highland Peru especially when the harvest time approaches and it is understandable that anxiety over possible food removal is great. In other wealthier societeies, crop loss may be disregarded, but pilfering here cannot be sustained with impunity for the consequences are likely to be malnutrition. The dearth of much productive surplus and the insecurity of their material existence result in an unusual preoccupation among the peasantry for the safety of their crops. To mosts families the uncertainty about an assured crop harvest is so intolerable, that to ease apprehensiveness, traditionalized security measures are necessary to safeguard the forthcoming food supply. the construction of temporary structures and barriers, use of certain cultivational practices and the institution of the field guardian--all with pre-European roots--are regarded as essential to ensure a satisfactory yield from widely separated plots of agricultural land.
Theft is a sympton rather than a cause of a malfunctioning land-use system. The reduction of serious food theft in Sierra communities ultimately becomes a matter of changing the peasants' assessment of their resources and those of their neighbors. An essential first step in the alteration of peasant perception would be to provide a significant agricultural surplus and thus banish the spector of hunger, a task that would involve a major reorganization of the prevailing economy.
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