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Territorial agro-food chains. Tensions and insights from the dairy sector of the Ecuadorian Amazon

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  • Sandra Ríos Núñez

    (Universidad de Los Lagos)

  • Diócles Benítez Jiménez

    (Universidad Estatal Amazónica)

  • Sandra Soria Re

    (Universidad Estatal Amazónica)

Abstract

Farmers participating in the dairy food chain in the province of Pastaza, Ecuadorian Amazon, face major difficulties. Their weak bargaining power, cost structures above price, significant dependence on the market and low value added are important challenges for farmers themselves and for public management. In this sense, the Amazon Productive Transformation Agenda, a new paradigm for public policy in this territory, is a challenging initiative. This research analyzes the conditions that enable local producers, as actors of the agro-food chain, to strengthen their position before other subsectors. To this end, we use the methodological approach of Montpellier and territorial agro-food chains, both of which have allowed us to shape the low negotiating power of local actors as explained by poor collective action that limits the enhancement of endogenous resources in the territory.

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  • Sandra Ríos Núñez & Diócles Benítez Jiménez & Sandra Soria Re, 2016. "Territorial agro-food chains. Tensions and insights from the dairy sector of the Ecuadorian Amazon," Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Economía, issue 84, pages 179-208, Enero - J.
  • Handle: RePEc:lde:journl:y:2016:i:84:p:179-208
    DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n84a06
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    Keywords

    territorial agro-food chains; dairy sector; vulnerability; Ecuadorian Amazon;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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