Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)

2 000 miles high in the mountains, between Sucre and Potosi, El Terrado is a small rural Quechua community of 80 families. Most of the time, the crops are not sufficient for the families to be able to feed on year round, and there is no other existing source of work. Hence, in order to cope, men emi...

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Main Author: Marie-Laetitia Guilbert
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Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2005-12-01
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description 2 000 miles high in the mountains, between Sucre and Potosi, El Terrado is a small rural Quechua community of 80 families. Most of the time, the crops are not sufficient for the families to be able to feed on year round, and there is no other existing source of work. Hence, in order to cope, men emigrate from three to six months a year towards the region of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where they are for hire in the sugar cane and cotton plantations. The constraint is high, and the dwellers do not really want to leave their land and community. Electrical power has been available in the community for four years now, and they have developed their water supply thanks to the building of a dam, of reservoirs and wells. They also have installed a healthcare center and built a community house, as well as several workshops.
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spelling doaj-art-aca0d5976ecd46ceae8015b31b70fc502025-08-20T02:35:08ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422005-12-0163Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)Marie-Laetitia Guilbert2 000 miles high in the mountains, between Sucre and Potosi, El Terrado is a small rural Quechua community of 80 families. Most of the time, the crops are not sufficient for the families to be able to feed on year round, and there is no other existing source of work. Hence, in order to cope, men emigrate from three to six months a year towards the region of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where they are for hire in the sugar cane and cotton plantations. The constraint is high, and the dwellers do not really want to leave their land and community. Electrical power has been available in the community for four years now, and they have developed their water supply thanks to the building of a dam, of reservoirs and wells. They also have installed a healthcare center and built a community house, as well as several workshops.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/2441climate changePotosiRural communityDevelopmentEmigrationEnvironment
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Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
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climate change
Potosi
Rural community
Development
Emigration
Environment
title Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
title_full Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
title_fullStr Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
title_full_unstemmed Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
title_short Environnement et migration : les difficultés d'une communauté rurale andine (El Terrado, Potosi, Bolivie)
title_sort environnement et migration les difficultes d une communaute rurale andine el terrado potosi bolivie
topic climate change
Potosi
Rural community
Development
Emigration
Environment
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/2441
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