Common property and uncertainty: compensating coalitions by Mexico's pastoral Ejidatarios

Argues that agricultural production in semiarid and arid zones requires resource mobility, particularly the freedom to graze livestock throughout a large, extensive land area. Concludes that the breakdown in ejido productivity on these extensive, livestock-herding areas is due to a deterioration in...

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Published in:Economic development and cultural change 1993-01, Vol.41 (2), p.299-318
Main Authors: Wilson, P.N. (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ), Thompson, G.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Agriculture
BETAIL
Coalitions
COMMON LANDS
DECISION MAKING
ECOLOGIA
ECOLOGIE
ECOLOGY
Economic development
ENVIRONMENT
EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE
EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE FAMILIALE
EXPLOTACION AGRICOLA FAMILIAR
EXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS
FAMILY FARMS
FARMS
GANADO
Grazing
Grazing management
Herding
Herds
Joint ownership
Land tenure
LIVESTOCK
MEXICO
MEXIQUE
MODE DE FAIRE VALOIR
Natural resources
PASTORALISM
PASTORALISME
PASTORALISMO
PRISE DE DECISION
Privatization
PRODUCCION
PRODUCTION
Property
Proposals
Rain
TENENCIA
TENURE
TERRE COMMUNALE
TIERRAS COMUNALES
TOMA DE DECISIONES
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Summary:Argues that agricultural production in semiarid and arid zones requires resource mobility, particularly the freedom to graze livestock throughout a large, extensive land area. Concludes that the breakdown in ejido productivity on these extensive, livestock-herding areas is due to a deterioration in property management at the community level.
ISSN:0013-0079
1539-2988
DOI:10.1086/452012