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- PublicaciónSólo datosAgricultura en el cañón de Anaime: una historia ambiental de la despensa agrícola del centro de Colombia(Ediciones Unibagué, 2020-12-18) Doughman, RichardThis paper seeks to reconstruct an environmental history of agriculture in the Anaime canyon to understand the environmental consequences of its transformation into Colombia's agricultural pantry. It tracks agri-food production in the canyon since its origins and explores how commercial agriculture and dairy production have transformed the landscape and local ecosystems. This research is based on data from archive sources and a participatory reconstruction of the Anaime territory by its peasant inhabitants. Internal migration, rapid urban growth, and improvements in transportation infrastructure during the mid-20th century hastened the intensification of agriculture in the canyon. Decades of agriculture oriented toward satisfying increasingly remote markets have resulted in the deterioration of local soils and agroecosystems, but the collective exploration of Anaime’s environmental history opens up the dialogue on more sustainable ways to farm in the canyon.
- PublicaciónSólo datosTracing the metabolic rift in Colombia's greengrocer: an environmental history of the Anaime Valley(Historia Agraria, 2019-11-17) Doughman, RichardThis paper stems from research to reconstruct an environmental history of agriculture in the Anaime Canyon Valley and better understand the environmental consequences of having transformed the area into “Colombia's g reeng rocer”. We trace the origins and development of agro-food production and explore how commercial agriculture and dairy operations have transformed the landscape and local ecosystems in the Anaime valley, in light of Marx's concept of metabolic rift. Research is based on archival sources and a par ticipator y reconstr uction of the Anaime landscape from the historical memory of the campesinos, or rural inhabitants. The data shows how inter nal mig ration, rapid urban growth and improved transportation infrastructure in the valley dur ing the mid-twentieth century hastened the turn toward intensive commercial agriculture . Increasing links to Colombia's urban markets have led to agricultural intensification and specialization in arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) production in the Anaime Canyon. As a result, soils and ecosystems have been depleted and agr iculture depends increasingly on chemical inputs including fertilizers, indicating a growing metabolic rift.