Acequias, Small Farms, and the Good Life

Eastman, Clyde; King, Jeff; Meadows, Nicholas

doi:10.1525/cag.1997.19.1-2.14

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“…This community rests at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, bordering the Carson National Forest. Each site supports livestock production on both private and public grazing lands [18,26]. The communities of Alcalde, El Rito, and Rio Hondo-Valdez were selected because they: (a) encompass the regional variation in river hydrological regimes available in the region (Alcalde is on the main stem of the Rio Grande, while the other two sites occur on tributaries); and, (b) include communities that continue to practice traditional acequia irrigation, maintaining ancestral community-based water governance customs and institutions.…”

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Linkages Between acequia Farming and Rangeland Grazing in Traditional Agropastoral Communities of the Southwestern USA

Lopez

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Smedly³

et al. 2018

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Many agropastoral systems worldwide are supported by important linkages between crop production and rangeland grazing. We explored the connections between smallholder farming and public rangeland grazing in northern New Mexico, USA. We retrieved historical data of livestock inventories, drought, and hay production which we analyzed using either ordinary least squares models, generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models (GARCH), or exponential GARCH models. We also conducted a survey of farmers and ranchers (n = 74) of traditional communities in our study area using a mixed methods design. County hay production was the only predictor that explained year-to-year variation in allotment livestock numbers. Allotments that increased livestock numbers tended to have larger base properties (mostly irrigated cropland). Most survey respondents (95%) raised livestock and slightly more than half agreed that livestock provided better financial security than crops. Availability of summer grazing lands and ability to grow or purchase hay to feed livestock during winter were the factors cited least (6% of responses) and most (42%), respectively, as limiting farmers' ability to increase their herd size. Livestock-raising apparently continues to be critical to the acequia agropastoral economy. Ability to acquire winter feed (hay) appears to regulate the demand for summer grazing on public forested rangelands.

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Linkages Between acequia Farming and Rangeland Grazing in Traditional Agropastoral Communities of the Southwestern USA

Lopez

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Smedly³

et al. 2018

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“…Water used for irrigating crops and for domestic use is an important common property resource in cultures throughout the world (Eastman et al. ; Gelles ; Lansing ). In Pucucanchita, acequias distribute water to members of the community to support vital subsistence agriculture and provide water for household consumption.…”

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Volver a Nuestras Raíces: The Reemergence and Adaptation of Traditional Forms of Andean Reciprocity

Lyle

2017

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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R e s u m e n Este manuscrito es inspirado por la investigación etnográfica del mantenimiento de las instituciones de propiedad común y redes de apoyo social en una pequeña comunidad quechua en el altiplano en el sur de Perú. Campesinos deben instituir los programas de cría y plantar y cultivar cosechas y otros trabajos de mantenimiento. Además de la acción colectiva, la mayoría de las casas tienen su propio jardín y rebaño que requieren el apoyo de otros hogares. El uso de la teoría del capital simbólico y modelos de castigo indirecto, explico cómo formas modificadas de ayni y minga trabajan en conjunto para resolver el problema de parasitismo en una pequeña comunidad de pastores de los Andes. En la exploración de esta intersección convincente de grupo y la cooperación diádica, describiré la acción colectiva y redes de apoyo social en la comunidad, y consideraré sus paralelismos con la reciprocidad andina tradicional. [Andes, ecologia, Peru] A b s t r a c tThis article is inspired by ethnographic research on the maintenance of common property institutions and social support networks among a small Quechua agropastoralist community in the altiplano of southern Peru. Campesinos must come together often in order to institute breeding programs, plant and harvest crops, and so on for the communal herds and gardens. In addition to this collective action, most households have their own garden and herd, which require support from other households. Using symbolic capital theory and models of indirect punishment, I explain how modified forms of ayni and minga work in concert to solve the free riding problem in a small Andean herding community. In exploring this compelling intersection of group and dyadic

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“…Alfalfa and irrigated pasture have the greatest productive extent. Each supports livestock production and supplements public land grazing (Eastman et at. 1997).…”

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Rural Community Perspectives on Preparedness and Adaptation to Climate‐Change and Demographic Pressure

Mayagoitia¹,

Hurd

Rivera

et al. 2012

Contemporary Water Research

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This study investigates local‐scale adaptation and long‐run capacity building in acequia communities in Northern New Mexico, where there is a long record of resilience and adaptive capacity spanning more than four centuries. These communities may be particularly vulnerable to current stresses from population growth, changing community composition, and projections of water scarcity that are expected to accompany long‐run climatic changes. This paper uses a survey approach to explore factors and community characteristics that contribute to community adaptation, the level and extent of community preparedness, and the preferred community actions to cope with stresses and disturbances. Key findings suggest that land ownership and acequias’ attachment to water and community have helped these communities cope with environmental and community‐based stresses. Results showed divided opinions regarding the degree of “perceived preparedness” and “perceived vulnerability” to disturbances such as population change and growth, aggressive regional development, economic hardships, and droughts.

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Acequias, Small Farms, and the Good Life

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Linkages Between acequia Farming and Rangeland Grazing in Traditional Agropastoral Communities of the Southwestern USA

Linkages Between acequia Farming and Rangeland Grazing in Traditional Agropastoral Communities of the Southwestern USA

Volver a Nuestras Raíces: The Reemergence and Adaptation of Traditional Forms of Andean Reciprocity

Rural Community Perspectives on Preparedness and Adaptation to Climate‐Change and Demographic Pressure

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