Peasant markets in time of pandemic: From resistance to adaptation in Cotacachi and Barcelona
For decades, initiatives have emerged in the Global South and North with the aim of reestablishing peasant markets in urban zones so that farmers could sell their production directly to consumers and receive all the profits. This has been framed in a series of strategies aimed at achieving autonomy...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista ICONOS |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/6379 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/6379 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Barcelona Cotacachi covid-19 mercados camponeses povos indígenas resistência camponesa mercados campesinos pueblos indígenas resistencia campesina COVID-19 peasant markets Indigenous communities peasant resistance |
| Sumario: | For decades, initiatives have emerged in the Global South and North with the aim of reestablishing peasant markets in urban zones so that farmers could sell their production directly to consumers and receive all the profits. This has been framed in a series of strategies aimed at achieving autonomy from agro-industrial circuits that impose prices and conditions of production. Mobility restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic complicated the functioning of these markets at times. This article explores how the peasantry confronted this situation. Two cases are analyzed – one situated in the northern Andes (Cotacachi, Ecuador) and the other in mediterranean Europe (Barcelona, España). The study is based on long-term ethnographies through the application of qualitative research methods and the revision of archival materials and newspapers. It is concluded that peasants responded efficiently to the emergency in economic terms (in days, they developed mechanisms to maintain direct sale to consumers) and in political terms (they denounced and confronted restrictive policies through successful organizing). It is shown how peasant strategies applied were similar in many respects. |
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