Identifying socio-economic and demographic driving factors at household population level conditioning the local agricultural practices, land use and perception of land …

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This paper seeks to improve the understanding of the household-level population dynamics (life-cycle) and their relationship, through livelihood strategies, to environmental change (agricultural practices, land use and perception of land degradation), focusing on the rural and agricultural setting of the Ecuadorian Andes, and considering external as well internal migration (impacts on origin place) as one of the most influencing local livelihood factors of such relationship. Considering the lack of field data at household level, the current research carried out a survey on the three pilot areas (May and June 2011) for generating primary data, obtaining 239 households surveyed. Generated data have been analyzed by applying statistical independence (Chi squared, and V Cramer test) as well as correlation (Pearson) analyses. The findings advance our understanding of the complex demographic dynamics in the Andes …

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2012

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