Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina

No official statistics exist on pastoralism in Argentina, so their number is not known. Between 30,000 to 35,000 households practise pastoralism, estimates Red Chaco based on the 2018 National Census. In some areas, pastoralism is alive as a mobile, extensive production system. Despite the uncertain...

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Main Authors: Lanari, Maria Rosa, Perez Centeno, Marcelo, Preda, Graciela Maria, Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana, Ejarque, Mercedes, Lammel, Sofía Ailén, Moronta, Martin Nestor, Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso, Losardo, Pablo Gustavo, Frere, Pablo
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https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/documents/accounting-for-pastoralists-in-argentina/
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author Lanari, Maria Rosa
Perez Centeno, Marcelo
Preda, Graciela Maria
Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana
Ejarque, Mercedes
Lammel, Sofía Ailén
Moronta, Martin Nestor
Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso
Losardo, Pablo Gustavo
Frere, Pablo
author_browse Ejarque, Mercedes
Frere, Pablo
Lammel, Sofía Ailén
Lanari, Maria Rosa
Losardo, Pablo Gustavo
Moronta, Martin Nestor
Perez Centeno, Marcelo
Preda, Graciela Maria
Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana
Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso
author_facet Lanari, Maria Rosa
Perez Centeno, Marcelo
Preda, Graciela Maria
Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana
Ejarque, Mercedes
Lammel, Sofía Ailén
Moronta, Martin Nestor
Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso
Losardo, Pablo Gustavo
Frere, Pablo
author_sort Lanari, Maria Rosa
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description No official statistics exist on pastoralism in Argentina, so their number is not known. Between 30,000 to 35,000 households practise pastoralism, estimates Red Chaco based on the 2018 National Census. In some areas, pastoralism is alive as a mobile, extensive production system. Despite the uncertainty about the precise numbers, pastoralists play a significant role in Argentinian agriculture and society. Argentina is a large but highly urbanized country, with 92% of the population living in towns and cities. Only 13.2% of the country is agriculturally well endowed; 70% of the land is semi-arid, and much of the rest is mountainous or too cold for growing crops. Livestock-raising is the main form of agriculture in such marginal areas, either as ranching or as pastoralism.
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spelling INTA98742025-10-01T13:20:27Z Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina Lanari, Maria Rosa Perez Centeno, Marcelo Preda, Graciela Maria Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana Ejarque, Mercedes Lammel, Sofía Ailén Moronta, Martin Nestor Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso Losardo, Pablo Gustavo Frere, Pablo Pastoralismo Trashumancia Pastoralism Transhumance Región Patagonica Región Gran Chaco Cabras Criollas Neuquinas No official statistics exist on pastoralism in Argentina, so their number is not known. Between 30,000 to 35,000 households practise pastoralism, estimates Red Chaco based on the 2018 National Census. In some areas, pastoralism is alive as a mobile, extensive production system. Despite the uncertainty about the precise numbers, pastoralists play a significant role in Argentinian agriculture and society. Argentina is a large but highly urbanized country, with 92% of the population living in towns and cities. Only 13.2% of the country is agriculturally well endowed; 70% of the land is semi-arid, and much of the rest is mountainous or too cold for growing crops. Livestock-raising is the main form of agriculture in such marginal areas, either as ranching or as pastoralism. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Lanari, Maria Rosa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Perez Centeno, Marcelo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Preda, Graciela Maria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Ejarque, Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Lammel, Sofía Ailén. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Moronta, Martin Nestor. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región Patagonia; Argentina Fil: Quiroga Rogers, Juan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Área de Investigación para la Agricultura Familiar Región NOA; Argentina Fil: Losardo, Pablo Gustavo. Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación; Argentina Fil: Frere, Pablo. Fundación Gran Chaco; Argentina 2021-07-23T11:21:39Z 2021-07-23T11:21:39Z 2020 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9874 https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/documents/accounting-for-pastoralists-in-argentina/ eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf LPP League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (2020)
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Trashumancia
Pastoralism
Transhumance
Región Patagonica
Región Gran Chaco
Cabras Criollas Neuquinas
Lanari, Maria Rosa
Perez Centeno, Marcelo
Preda, Graciela Maria
Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana
Ejarque, Mercedes
Lammel, Sofía Ailén
Moronta, Martin Nestor
Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso
Losardo, Pablo Gustavo
Frere, Pablo
Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title_full Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title_fullStr Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title_short Accounting for pastoralists in Argentina
title_sort accounting for pastoralists in argentina
topic Pastoralismo
Trashumancia
Pastoralism
Transhumance
Región Patagonica
Región Gran Chaco
Cabras Criollas Neuquinas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9874
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