Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes
Findings from a survey on sources of income and land allocation outcomes of 578 households from 26 communities with diverse ethnic composition at distinct environmental settings in Ucayali (Peruvian Amazon) are used to contrast livelihood strategies featuring high forest and high agriculture depende...
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Japan Soc Tropical Ecology
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2365 https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.23.47 |
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| author | Porro, Roberto Lopez Feldman, Alejandro Vela Alvarado, Jorge W. Quiñonez Ruíz, Lourdes Seijas Cardenas, Zully P. Vásquez Macedo, Miguel Salazar Arista, Clemente de Jesus Núñez Paredes, Vladimir I. Cardenas Ruiz, Jefferson |
| author_browse | Cardenas Ruiz, Jefferson Lopez Feldman, Alejandro Núñez Paredes, Vladimir I. Porro, Roberto Quiñonez Ruíz, Lourdes Salazar Arista, Clemente de Jesus Seijas Cardenas, Zully P. Vela Alvarado, Jorge W. Vásquez Macedo, Miguel |
| author_facet | Porro, Roberto Lopez Feldman, Alejandro Vela Alvarado, Jorge W. Quiñonez Ruíz, Lourdes Seijas Cardenas, Zully P. Vásquez Macedo, Miguel Salazar Arista, Clemente de Jesus Núñez Paredes, Vladimir I. Cardenas Ruiz, Jefferson |
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| description | Findings from a survey on sources of income and land allocation outcomes of 578 households from 26 communities with diverse ethnic composition at distinct environmental settings in Ucayali (Peruvian Amazon) are used to contrast livelihood strategies featuring high forest and high agriculture dependency, examining whether agricultural intensification can be linked to lower deforestation. A typology of households based on their land use allocation profile was used to assess current and cumulative cleared land. Recently cleared areas by households oriented to perennials, semi-perennials and pastures were similar to those focusing on annual crops. Multiple class comparisons provided evidence that land use intensification is not associated to land sparing. Near 40% of the households’ annual income was derived from forests, followed by agriculture (25%), wages (17%) and livestock (11%). Income structure was used to determine high dependency on forests and on agriculture, featured by respectively 24% and 17% of the households, while 10% relied mostly on wages and/or businesses and half of them had a balanced income structure. Results indicate different expressions of the criticality of forest products, highlighting livelihood strategies based on the integration of income sources. Moreover, the study shows that despite the relevance of forest products, mestizo and indigenous livelihoods heavily depend on agriculture. Policy interventions aimed at environmental conservation and economic development will only be successful when strengthening the integration between agriculture and forest use featured by different social groups in the Amazon. |
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| spelling | INIA23652023-10-30T15:22:38Z Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes Porro, Roberto Lopez Feldman, Alejandro Vela Alvarado, Jorge W. Quiñonez Ruíz, Lourdes Seijas Cardenas, Zully P. Vásquez Macedo, Miguel Salazar Arista, Clemente de Jesus Núñez Paredes, Vladimir I. Cardenas Ruiz, Jefferson Household survey Ucayali smallholders Resource allocation decisions Agricultural intensification Poverty and environment https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Household survey Encuestas de hogares Resource allocation Asignación de recursos Livelihood strategies Estrategias en materia de medios de vida Findings from a survey on sources of income and land allocation outcomes of 578 households from 26 communities with diverse ethnic composition at distinct environmental settings in Ucayali (Peruvian Amazon) are used to contrast livelihood strategies featuring high forest and high agriculture dependency, examining whether agricultural intensification can be linked to lower deforestation. A typology of households based on their land use allocation profile was used to assess current and cumulative cleared land. Recently cleared areas by households oriented to perennials, semi-perennials and pastures were similar to those focusing on annual crops. Multiple class comparisons provided evidence that land use intensification is not associated to land sparing. Near 40% of the households’ annual income was derived from forests, followed by agriculture (25%), wages (17%) and livestock (11%). Income structure was used to determine high dependency on forests and on agriculture, featured by respectively 24% and 17% of the households, while 10% relied mostly on wages and/or businesses and half of them had a balanced income structure. Results indicate different expressions of the criticality of forest products, highlighting livelihood strategies based on the integration of income sources. Moreover, the study shows that despite the relevance of forest products, mestizo and indigenous livelihoods heavily depend on agriculture. Policy interventions aimed at environmental conservation and economic development will only be successful when strengthening the integration between agriculture and forest use featured by different social groups in the Amazon. 2023-10-30T15:22:37Z 2023-10-30T15:22:37Z 2014-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Porro, R.; Lopez-Feldman, A.; Vela-Alvarado, J. W.; Quiñonez-Ruíz, L.; Seijas-Cardenas, Z. P.; Vásquez-Macedo, M.; ... & Cardenas-Ruiz, J. (2014). Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes. Tropics, 23(2), 47-62. doi: 10.3759/tropics.23.47 1882-5729 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2365 https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.23.47 eng urn:issn:1882-5729 Tropics info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Japan Soc Tropical Ecology JP Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA |
| spellingShingle | Household survey Ucayali smallholders Resource allocation decisions Agricultural intensification Poverty and environment https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Household survey Encuestas de hogares Resource allocation Asignación de recursos Livelihood strategies Estrategias en materia de medios de vida Porro, Roberto Lopez Feldman, Alejandro Vela Alvarado, Jorge W. Quiñonez Ruíz, Lourdes Seijas Cardenas, Zully P. Vásquez Macedo, Miguel Salazar Arista, Clemente de Jesus Núñez Paredes, Vladimir I. Cardenas Ruiz, Jefferson Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title | Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title_full | Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title_short | Forest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peruvian Amazon: Interactions among livelihood strategies, income and environmental outcomes |
| title_sort | forest use and agriculture in ucayali peruvian amazon interactions among livelihood strategies income and environmental outcomes |
| topic | Household survey Ucayali smallholders Resource allocation decisions Agricultural intensification Poverty and environment https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Household survey Encuestas de hogares Resource allocation Asignación de recursos Livelihood strategies Estrategias en materia de medios de vida |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2365 https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.23.47 |
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