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HUMAN ECOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 381-394Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9644-x
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Land-use/cover change; Livelihoods; Governmentality; Coffee; Mexico
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This paper examines land-use changes and continuities following historic price declines and withdrawal of government support for coffee cultivation in Veracruz, Mexico. A time series analysis of satellite imagery from the municipalities of Xico and Coatepec was carried out to assess changes in one of Latin America's oldest coffee-producing regions. Two case study communities were selected for in-depth assessment, including semi-structured interviews, household surveys and participant observation. This study demonstrates while small parcels were converted to new land-uses, 82 % of coffee/forest remained intact during the height of the global coffee crisis. I document how smallholders maintained historic agro-ecological spaces in the wake of destabilizing economic reforms. I argue cultural identity and access to new livelihood options combine to subsidize reproduction of coffee forests on the landscape.
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