Divergences and convergences to ensure agriculture in Ecuador: analysis of the Chuquiribamba Parrish (Loja)
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Land-use regulation?is an ongoing debate in the process of land-use planning. This is particularly true for a country such as Ecuador, where small-scale agriculture is one of the pillars of the family economy for a large percentage of inhabitants of the rural sector. ?In this context,?identifying the necessary variables for ensuring agricultural activities is a need and an obligation.?The main objective of this article is to identify the spatial variables that affect the probability of maintaining agricultural activity, according to the expectations of the people and the characteristics of the territory.?We compare data regarding the perceptions?of the people of variables such as parcel size, road, irrigation and market proximity, with spatial data of the same variables.?The area of study is the Chuquiribamba Parish, located in Canton Loja, in southern Ecuador.?We selected it due to its agricultural importance in the Canton.?The results suggest convergences between the perceptions of the people and the spatial variables necessary to safeguard agriculture, as well as divergences?with the normative regulating the minimum parcel-size.
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