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The Andean peasant, water and the role of the State
- Source: CEPAL Review, Volume 1983, Issue 19, Apr 1983, p. 145 - 166
- Spanish
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- 19 Apr 1983
Abstract
The Andean regions of Latin America encompass a vast mountainous zone of alternating high peaks, hillsides and relatively narrow valleys; rivers and ravines form a large number of basins in this area inhabited by scattered population groups which exert heavy pressure on the fragile renewable resources to be found there.
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