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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 362-377 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Agrarian Change |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 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