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Roses: the latest chapter in the conflicted history of controlling irrigation water in the Ecuadorian Andes
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-5341
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-3109
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4716-8682
The history of the Pisque watershed in the Ecuadorian Andes is one of local livelihoods and resources being disrupted by external actors: Incas in Pre-Columbian times, Spaniards during the era of Conquest and Colonisation, and, during the Republic, white-mestizo elites followed by international businesses. Local communities have suffered from, rebelled against, and adapted to adverse, ever-changing socioeconomic, environmental, and political conditions. We trace this history from a political–ecological standpoint, applying the Echelons of Rights Analysis framework and the hydrosocial territory concept to examine conflicts over resources, norms, authorities, and discourses related to irrigation water. The centuries-old saga of battles over water in Pisque helps us understand the latest chapter in the story: the onset of rose agribusinesses, inheritors of the privileges of colonial haciendas. The recent arrival (ca. ten years ago) of small locally managed greenhouses adds complexity to the “food vs. flowers” dichotomy. It also makes it difficult to predict the effects on local attitudes to food security, water justice, and sovereignty.
Roses: the latest chapter in the conflicted history of controlling irrigation water in the Ecuadorian Andes
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-5341
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-3109
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4716-8682
The history of the Pisque watershed in the Ecuadorian Andes is one of local livelihoods and resources being disrupted by external actors: Incas in Pre-Columbian times, Spaniards during the era of Conquest and Colonisation, and, during the Republic, white-mestizo elites followed by international businesses. Local communities have suffered from, rebelled against, and adapted to adverse, ever-changing socioeconomic, environmental, and political conditions. We trace this history from a political–ecological standpoint, applying the Echelons of Rights Analysis framework and the hydrosocial territory concept to examine conflicts over resources, norms, authorities, and discourses related to irrigation water. The centuries-old saga of battles over water in Pisque helps us understand the latest chapter in the story: the onset of rose agribusinesses, inheritors of the privileges of colonial haciendas. The recent arrival (ca. ten years ago) of small locally managed greenhouses adds complexity to the “food vs. flowers” dichotomy. It also makes it difficult to predict the effects on local attitudes to food security, water justice, and sovereignty.
Roses: the latest chapter in the conflicted history of controlling irrigation water in the Ecuadorian Andes
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-5341
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-3109
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4716-8682
The history of the Pisque watershed in the Ecuadorian Andes is one of local livelihoods and resources being disrupted by external actors: Incas in Pre-Columbian times, Spaniards during the era of Conquest and Colonisation, and, during the Republic, white-mestizo elites followed by international businesses. Local communities have suffered from, rebelled against, and adapted to adverse, ever-changing socioeconomic, environmental, and political conditions. We trace this history from a political–ecological standpoint, applying the Echelons of Rights Analysis framework and the hydrosocial territory concept to examine conflicts over resources, norms, authorities, and discourses related to irrigation water. The centuries-old saga of battles over water in Pisque helps us understand the latest chapter in the story: the onset of rose agribusinesses, inheritors of the privileges of colonial haciendas. The recent arrival (ca. ten years ago) of small locally managed greenhouses adds complexity to the “food vs. flowers” dichotomy. It also makes it difficult to predict the effects on local attitudes to food security, water justice, and sovereignty.
Roses: the latest chapter in the conflicted history of controlling irrigation water in the Ecuadorian Andes
Water Hist
Mena-Vásconez, Patricio (Autor:in) / Boelens, Rutgerd (Autor:in) / Vos, Jeroen (Autor:in)
Water History ; 12 ; 205-226
01.06.2020
22 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Water resources , Peasant irrigation , Conflict analysis , Flower agribusiness , Andes , Ecuador , Recursos hídricos , Riego campesino , Análisis de conflictos , Agronegocios de flores Recursos hídricos , Riego campesino , Análisis de conflictos , Agronegocios de flores , Andes , Ecuador , Environment , Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution , Water, general , Civil Engineering , Hydrogeology , History, general , Earth and Environmental Science
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