Individual Strategies and Collective Action: Producers Associations Dynamics in the Amazonian Region of Ecuador

Luis Orozco ()
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Luis Orozco: LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville

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Abstract: This paper focuses on the dynamics of producers associations in the Amazonian (northeast) region of Ecuador. A colonization process has characterized this region over several decades, as well as the presence of oil extraction activity. Agriculture is mainly for subsistence, however several associations have emerged in order for producers to find new sources of revenue. These associations face the classical collective action problems. This paper presents a preliminary work in which we identify: What type of associations better succeed in achieving common goals? What are their main characteristics? In fine, associations with "strong" charismatic leaders, where the common goal is to access new markets are more likely to succeed than associations formed around short terms goals such as the search for public funds.

Keywords: Ecuador; Amazon; farmers’ characteristics; producers’ associations; collective action (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Challenges for the New Rurality in a Changing World. Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Localized Agri-Food Systems, May 2016, Stockholm, Sweden. Södertörn Högskola, pp.83-84, 2016

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