IAI-Data-CRN_009_Peru: Expansiun y trayectorias de la ganaderia en la Amazonia: Alto Huallaga, Peru

This book, Expansiun y trayectorias de la ganaderia en la Amazonia: Alto Huallaga, Peru, investigates the socioeconomic and biophysical factors that influence the growth of cattle ranching in the Peruvian Amazon (2003). In-depth interviews were performed with land managers by an interdisciplinary team of researches.

Data collection and analysis focused on the decision making process by which landholders take into account social and biophysical factors in their decision to (a) invest in cattle, in their (b) selection of pasture management technologies, and in (c) the strategies they adopt to deforest primary or secondary growth. The regional case study (133 pages) includes an introduction and five chapters: Contextualizing the Study; Selecting Research Sites and Rural Establishments; Critical Rural Producers; Analysis of the Three Land Use Decisions; Conclusion (includes policy recommendations).