In this paper we explore what campesino [peasant] livelihoods in the rural Andean mountains of Colombia offer to understandings more-than-human co-existence and care. For, while new conservation paradigms promise transform economic social horizons, being “paramuno” [resident “paramo,” or high moorlands] small community Monquentiva is already characterized by becoming-with-other-beings-and-pract...

In Neotropical environments, we know little about the abundance of wild vertebrates traditionally hunted. Based on subsistencehunting records (2005-2019) as well ethnographic information from Maya peasant-hunters, assessed inter-annual capture rate white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a rural community northwest Yucatan Peninsula. We found that number prey decreased over years, showing...

The reform of 1861 not only freed the peasants from serfdom, but also led to radical economic changes in agrarian sphere. peasantry was involved civil and legal relations associated with purchase sale land. In order assist land-poor land, a specialized credit institution created, which issued loans on favorable terms against security acquired land plots. purpose this study is identify features ...

This paper addresses the relationship between property regimes and land degradation outcomes, in the context of peasant agriculture. We consider explicitly whether private property provides for superior soil resource conservation, as compared to common property and open access. To assess this we implement optimization algorithms on a supercomputer to address resource decision-making of individu...

Ð Researchers and practitioners often use rapid rural appraisal (RRA) methods to secure a representative, accurate, and cost-e€ective portrayal of wealth rankings among rural populations. This paper proposes an asset possession-based approach to developing RRA wealth rankings and portrayals of wealth holdings and portfolios. It also o€ers new validation methods for RRA e€orts, especially for id...