Abstract
The dry, cactus-dotted village of San Clemente, Ambuquí, located in the Chota Valley in northern Ecuador is an arid to semi-arid farming region, where rural families are dependent on irrigation for their food production and livelihoods. Once known for its cotton and coca leaf production during the pre-Colonial era, today large sugar cane plantations occupy the valley floor, with resource-poor families eking out a living on the surrounding barren, sand- and rock-laden mountainsides. For the people who live there, the continual search for water for their crops represents a daily crusade.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Food, Agriculture and Social Change: The Everyday Vitality of Latin America |
| Editors | Stephen Sherwood, Alberto Arce, Myriam Paredes |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 73-85 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315440088 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138214972 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
