Community-based tourism, peasant agriculture and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in Peru

Jordi Gascón*, Kevin S. Mamani

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the Andes, the diversification of economic activities among the peasant population is common practice. However, it is not a uniform strategy: as new employment and economic possibilities have emerged, the disparity of pluriactive strategies has multiplied. Based on a particular case study (Amantaní Island, Lake Titicaca), where community-based tourism has developed strongly, we will compare the resilience of these strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic, which paralysed economic activities, highlighted that the least vulnerable pluriactive strategies were those that included subsistence agriculture. In fact, this is something that the peasant population itself perceives: although the role of this type of agriculture in the family economy is decreasing, most households still invest time and capital to increase their family's agricultural resources.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)362-377
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Agrarian Change
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022

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© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Agrarian Change published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords

  • Andes
  • community-based tourism
  • peasant agriculture
  • pluriactivity
  • resilience
  • subsistence agriculture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology

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