Agricultural technology adoption among migrant settlers and indigenous populations of the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: are differences narrowing?

Sellers, Samuel; Bilsborrow, Richard E.

doi:10.1080/1747423x.2020.1719225

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“…The discriminant analysis showed attributes of similarity (sustainability issues) between migrant settlers and the Shuar, corroborating the results of other researchers, who suggest that the Shuar are increasingly integrating into the market economy, participating in extensive cattle raising and commercial agriculture, and have similarly to migrant settlers (Rubenstein, 2001;Zimmerman et al, 2001;Rudel et al, 2002;Godoy et al, 2005;Gray et al, 2008). Meanwhile, greater divergence is evident among the Waorani and Kichwa in terms of sustainability, probably influenced by the following factors: (1) Indigenous people adopt technologies for labor in traditional production systems (Sellers and Bilsborrow, 2020); (2) Oil activity (Rivera-Parra et al, 2020) has intensified, and this potentially represents a major transformation of their social, economic and environmental context (Codato et al, 2019), and to compound these changes, oil companies may offer access to employment, cash payments or health, and transportation services to indigenous communities in order to facilitate their work and/or comply with legal or internal "corporate social responsibility" mandates (O'Faircheallaigh, 2013;Billo, 2015);…”

Section: Assessment Of Sustainability Dimensionssupporting

confidence: 83%

“…It is evident that the differences in terms of agricultural sustainability (Figure 2) between indigenous populations and migrant settlers (Figure 3) are narrowing (Rubenstein, 2001;Sellers and Bilsborrow, 2020). The existence of identified synergies and trade-offs (Table 8) provide policymakers with specific information to design sustainable development policies and rescue traditional agricultural systems in the DLZ.…”

Section: Policy Implications To Safeguard Traditional Agricultural Sy...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainability Dimensions Assessment in Four Traditional Agricultural Systems in the Amazon

Heredia-R

Torres

Vasseur

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Although traditional agriculture carried out by ethnic groups is considered for its high biodiversity and important for food security and sovereignty, few studies have investigated the potential of these systems in the interest of promoting a sustainable agricultural development policy according to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using the FAO's Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture (SAFA) methodology, this study analyzed the sustainability of four traditional agricultural systems, three indigenous (Waorani, Shuar, and Kichwa) and one migrant settler populations in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR) and identified synergies and trade-offs among the dimensions of sustainability. The results showed different dynamics in all dimensions of sustainability-specifically, trade-offs in the dimensions of good governance with environmental integrity and social well-being, economic resilience, and social well-being. It was identified that the differences in terms of sustainability are narrowing between the indigenous Shuar people's traditional agricultural systems and those of migrant settlers, which provides policymakers with specific information to design sustainable development policies and rescue traditional agricultural systems in the Amazon region.

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Section: Assessment Of Sustainability Dimensionssupporting

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Section: Policy Implications To Safeguard Traditional Agricultural Sy...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Dimensions Assessment in Four Traditional Agricultural Systems in the Amazon

Heredia-R

Torres

Vasseur

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…The average age of the head of the household in the study area was over 50, a similar value to that of land-owning producers of small livestock species at low altitudes in Napo Province [18]. The adoption of unsustainable productive dynamics similar to those of migrant settlers was observed [38,39], which could be due to the proximity to roads and the market economy [40,41]. However, it is important to consider the results of Torres et al [18], who reported that Kichwa households involved in livestock-based livelihood strategies obtain significantly lower incomes from this activity than migrant settlers.…”

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Identification and Assessment of Livestock Best Management Practices (BMPs) Using the REDD+ Approach in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Eche²,

Torres³

et al. 2021

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Deforestation is a severe threat to diversity in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR). To mitigate deforestation, it is necessary to know the relevant stakeholders’ roles and interactions and deepen our knowledge of the local livelihoods, objectives, potentials, limitations, and “rights of being” among farms, as well as the best management practices (BMPs). In this study, our aim was to identify and assess livestock BMPs along an elevational gradient to foster sustainable production and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). This approach could be environmentally and economically beneficial. Data were collected from 167 households along three elevational gradients, as well as from 15 interviews held among a multidisciplinary panel of key stakeholders and researchers in the EAR. The results showed that most of the Kichwa population lives in the medium zone, which features a larger agricultural and forest surface. Conversely, in the lower and upper areas, livestock predominates, where the upper area is specialized in milk production and the lower area in dual-purpose cattle (meat and dairy). The stakeholder assessment provided several key results: (a) social, structural, and technical factors have complementary effects on BMP adoption; (b) the sixteen assessed BMPs facilitated the implementation of existing financial incentive programs and enabled public–private partnerships to develop REDD+ projects. The policy implications of implementing these approaches are also discussed.

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“…The growth of tropical forests in highly weathered soils is often supported by the feedback between vegetation and soils, mediated by climatic conditions (Caliman et al, 2020;Haridasan, 2008). The humid forests' warm and wet tropical climate favors litter decomposition and the release of nutrients, which are quickly absorbed by the forest (Luizao et al, 2004;S. Sellers & Bilsborrow, 2019).…”

Section: Nutrient-related Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The growth of tropical forests in highly weathered soils is often supported by the feedback between vegetation and soils, mediated by climatic conditions (Caliman et al., 2020; Haridasan, 2008). The humid forests' warm and wet tropical climate favors litter decomposition and the release of nutrients, which are quickly absorbed by the forest (Luizao et al., 2004; S. Sellers & Bilsborrow, 2019). It has been shown that the deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus from litterfall and leaf litter decomposition partially compensates for the low content of these nutrients in soils (Caliman et al., 2020), helping organisms establish even within inhospitable environments (Erwin et al., 2013).…”

Section: Tropical Forests and Supporting Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Carbon: The Contributions of South American Tropical Humid and Subhumid Forests to Ecosystem Services

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Costa

Arieira

et al. 2022

Reviews of Geophysics

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Tropical forests are key habitats for diverse organisms, and because of their wide global distribution, rich biodiversity, and long history of human use, they are also essential for providing a wide range of ecosystem services (ESs;Brandon, 2015; Brockerhoff et al., 2017;Gibson et al., 2011;Mori et al., 2017). Considerable attention has been devoted to tropical forests and their role as a natural climate solution for mitigating climate change. It is estimated that about 30% of all CO 2 emitted by human activities is removed from the atmosphere by these forests (Le Quéré et al., 2018). The important role of tropical forests as a carbon sink and stock has historically guided conservation pacts, programs, and policies for establishing targets associated with carbon storage and climate change mitigation. This role was important in developing several articles of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (Swingland et al., 2002) and explicit policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through the REDD+ agreement (Pistorius, 2012). Several countries also set ambitious goals for restoring forests to reduce emissions or sequester carbon in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015 Paris Agreement. The land use, land cover change, and forestry (LULCCF) sector is included in many countries' first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) but with differing levels of specificity. Assuming full implementation of NDCs, Grassi et al. (2017) show that land use-and forests, in particular-emerges as a key component of the Paris Agreement: global land use will turn from a net anthropogenic source during 1990-2010 (1.3 ± 1.1 Gt CO 2 e yr −1 ) to a net sink of carbon by 2030 (up to −1.1 ± 0.5 Gt CO 2 e yr −1 ) and would provide a quarter of countries' planned emission reductions. Two tropical countries stand out regarding the magnitude of the LULCCF contribution: Brazil set ambitious goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030 with

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Agricultural technology adoption among migrant settlers and indigenous populations of the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: are differences narrowing?

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

Sustainability Dimensions Assessment in Four Traditional Agricultural Systems in the Amazon

Sustainability Dimensions Assessment in Four Traditional Agricultural Systems in the Amazon

Identification and Assessment of Livestock Best Management Practices (BMPs) Using the REDD+ Approach in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Beyond Carbon: The Contributions of South American Tropical Humid and Subhumid Forests to Ecosystem Services

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