Land Degradation, Small-Scale Farms’ Development, and Migratory Flows in Chiapas

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dc.contributor.corporatenameKassel, Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Ökologische Agrarwissenschaftenger
dc.contributor.refereeKnerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.)
dc.contributor.refereeDelgado-Wise, Raúl (Prof. Dr.)
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T15:58:59Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T15:58:59Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionZugleich: Dissertation, Universität Kassel, 2013ger
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202009171826
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-86219-479-7 (e-book)
dc.identifier.uriurn:nbn:de:0002-34799
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11829
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherkassel university press
dc.publisher.placeKassel
dc.relation.isbn978-3-86219-478-0 (print)
dc.rightsUrheberrechtlich geschützt
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectland degradationeng
dc.subjectrural developmenteng
dc.subjectmigrationeng
dc.subjectdecent workeng
dc.subjectsmall scale farmerseng
dc.subjectGuatemalan temporary migrantseng
dc.subjectTapachulaeng
dc.subjectChiapaseng
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.subject.swdChiapasger
dc.subject.swdKleinbauernbetriebger
dc.subject.swdSubsistenzwirtschaftger
dc.subject.swdDegradationger
dc.subject.swdMigrationger
dc.subject.swdEntwicklungsökonomieger
dc.titleLand Degradation, Small-Scale Farms’ Development, and Migratory Flows in Chiapaseng
dc.typeBuch
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.abstractThis research evaluates the impacts of land degradation on rural development and migration, using a comparative-analysis platform and quantitative and qualitative approaches, based on data from empirical investigations in six rural communities of Tapachula, Chiapas. The results show that deforestation, heavy rains and extreme weather events are the main determinants of land degradation, and that land degradation, smallholder farms’ income and outmigration are highly correlated. In addition, they portray a new migration dynamic, from rural areas in the highlands directly to urban centers in the US, and demonstrate that the poverty marginalization context contributes substantially to global migration flows. Despite the harsh labour conditions and the poor economic basis in the area, temporary Guatemalan workers rapidly replace the out-migrated local labour force on coffee plantations and small farms, giving evidence of their life at the fringe of the globalized economy. David Eche obtained an Agriculture Engineer degree at the Pontifical University of Ecuador-Ibarra. He pursued a MSc. Programme in International Organic Agriculture at the University of Kassel in Germany. With his research work, he won the prize for the best master thesis of the faculty. Subsequently, he joined a double PhD program offered by the Universidad Autonóma de Zacatecas, and the University of Kassel, wherein he graduated with academic distinctions. His main research interests focus on climate change, environmental degradation, migration, organic agriculture and rural development.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorEche, David M.
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-01-22
dcterms.extentxxi, 273 Seiten
dcterms.isPartOfInternational Rural Development ;; Vol. 4eng
dcterms.source.seriesInternational Rural Development
dcterms.source.volumeVol. 4
kup.institutionFB 11 / Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften
kup.iskuptrue
kup.seriesInternational Rural Development
kup.subjectAgrarwissenschaft und Ökologie
kup.typDissertation

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