Abstract

REBAI, Nasser. Del huerto a la ciudad: agricultura familiar y aprovisionamiento urbano en la sierra ecuatoriana. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.14, pp.31-47. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2012.14.98.

In Ecuador, the peasant migration is the main engine of the Andean rural recompositions. In the province of Azuay, the decrease in the labour force in recent years has caused a destructuring of rural families and a logical reorganization of the agricultural tasks. However, thanks to the proximity of the city of Cuenca, farmers develop an intense commercial activity, oriented towards livestock and the Agroecology. If on the one hand we can consider this dynamic as the symbol of the Renaissance of family farming, on the other hand lack still an ambitious vision to truly reach a model of sustainable rural development that will eradicate rural poverty and ensure food sovereignty in the Andean region.

Keywords : Ecuador; Andes; farming; urban supply.