Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators

A social and economical diagnosis was made in the Amazonian Kichwa region (Napo and Pastaza Provinces) for the ellaboration of a sustainable development strategy. Six communities from Anzu river valley, on the eastern slopes of the central Andes in Ecuador, were studied. The quantitative methodology...

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Main Authors: Ruth Irene Arias Gutiérrez, R. González Sousa, Angelina Herrera Sorzano, Reinaldo Demesio Alemán Pérez
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Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas 2015-03-01
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Online Access:http://cagricola.uclv.edu.cu/index.php/es/volumen-42-2015/numero-3-2015/57-diagnostico-integral-de-comunidades-kichwa-amazonicas-ecuatorianas-para-la-elaboracion-de-la-estrategia-de-desarrollo-sostenible-ii-indicadores-socio-economicos
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spelling doaj-6ba4551c6cea46049b8788f5bb4de8282020-11-25T02:30:42ZspaUniversidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las VillasCentro Agrícola0253-57852072-20012015-03-014237581Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicatorsRuth Irene Arias Gutiérrez0R. González Sousa1Angelina Herrera Sorzano2Reinaldo Demesio Alemán Pérez3Universidad Estatal AmazónicaUniversidad de La HabanaUniversidad de La Habana Universidad Estatal Amazónica, (UEA)A social and economical diagnosis was made in the Amazonian Kichwa region (Napo and Pastaza Provinces) for the ellaboration of a sustainable development strategy. Six communities from Anzu river valley, on the eastern slopes of the central Andes in Ecuador, were studied. The quantitative methodology consisted in surveying the residents, managers of the six communities and the heads of 64 households, scattered around five rural parishes. The measured social and economic indicators were annual dependence on local forest and cultivated resources in percentage; the indicators of education, health services and housing conditions for a proposed strategy in order to enhance a sustainable local rural development in the Ecuadorian Amazonian indigenous communities under study. Qualitative and quantitative methods were appropriately used. There are high rates of illiteracy in the communities. Kichwa families depend on local resources. The difference between the satisfaction degree of mestizo and Kichwa families is related to its population weight. There are high illiteracy rates in Boayaku, Union de Llandia and 24 de Mayo. Primary education is low in the communities, and secondary education is very low in all communities. A proposed strategy for sustainable agro-ecological community development is made.http://cagricola.uclv.edu.cu/index.php/es/volumen-42-2015/numero-3-2015/57-diagnostico-integral-de-comunidades-kichwa-amazonicas-ecuatorianas-para-la-elaboracion-de-la-estrategia-de-desarrollo-sostenible-ii-indicadores-socio-economicosKichwa Communitiesbio-knowledgelocal development
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author Ruth Irene Arias Gutiérrez
R. González Sousa
Angelina Herrera Sorzano
Reinaldo Demesio Alemán Pérez
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R. González Sousa
Angelina Herrera Sorzano
Reinaldo Demesio Alemán Pérez
Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
Centro Agrícola
Kichwa Communities
bio-knowledge
local development
author_facet Ruth Irene Arias Gutiérrez
R. González Sousa
Angelina Herrera Sorzano
Reinaldo Demesio Alemán Pérez
author_sort Ruth Irene Arias Gutiérrez
title Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
title_short Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
title_full Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
title_fullStr Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
title_full_unstemmed Comprehensive assessment of Kichwa Ecuadorian Amazon communities for the elaboration of the Strategy for Sustainable Development. II . Socioeconomic indicators
title_sort comprehensive assessment of kichwa ecuadorian amazon communities for the elaboration of the strategy for sustainable development. ii . socioeconomic indicators
publisher Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas
series Centro Agrícola
issn 0253-5785
2072-2001
publishDate 2015-03-01
description A social and economical diagnosis was made in the Amazonian Kichwa region (Napo and Pastaza Provinces) for the ellaboration of a sustainable development strategy. Six communities from Anzu river valley, on the eastern slopes of the central Andes in Ecuador, were studied. The quantitative methodology consisted in surveying the residents, managers of the six communities and the heads of 64 households, scattered around five rural parishes. The measured social and economic indicators were annual dependence on local forest and cultivated resources in percentage; the indicators of education, health services and housing conditions for a proposed strategy in order to enhance a sustainable local rural development in the Ecuadorian Amazonian indigenous communities under study. Qualitative and quantitative methods were appropriately used. There are high rates of illiteracy in the communities. Kichwa families depend on local resources. The difference between the satisfaction degree of mestizo and Kichwa families is related to its population weight. There are high illiteracy rates in Boayaku, Union de Llandia and 24 de Mayo. Primary education is low in the communities, and secondary education is very low in all communities. A proposed strategy for sustainable agro-ecological community development is made.
topic Kichwa Communities
bio-knowledge
local development
url http://cagricola.uclv.edu.cu/index.php/es/volumen-42-2015/numero-3-2015/57-diagnostico-integral-de-comunidades-kichwa-amazonicas-ecuatorianas-para-la-elaboracion-de-la-estrategia-de-desarrollo-sostenible-ii-indicadores-socio-economicos
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