Sustainability and the market: Survival strategies on the Bolivian Frontier

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The cumulative effect of natural resource degradation has served to raise the issue of ‘sustainable development’ in many less developed countries (LDCs). In some respects the tropical frontier of countries such as Bolivia represents an inauspicious testing‐ground for this approach since the colonisation of the Amazon region has been characterised by land accumulation and speculative short‐term investment. However, there is evidence that technical solutions exist for many of the small farmers who have colonised this frontier, especially in the design of ‘farming systems’. What is still required is a broader view of the livelihood requirements of specific social groups, and their relationship to the wider, regional context in which farming systems are located.

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