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SUAREZ PONCE, Diocles Boanerges; CRUZ REYES, Luciano Jesús; URETA ZAMBRANO, Maritza Irinuska  e  BODILLO, Pedro A.. Family subsistence agriculture in Ecuador: A look from the rural parishes of Portoviejo. Revista San Gregorio [online]. 2024, vol.1, n.59, pp.37-44. ISSN 2528-7907.  https://doi.org/10.36097/rsan.v1i59.3000.

The study of the family agriculture sector holds strategic importance in the development agenda, as it is one of the main sources of employment, a driver of economic development, and an activity whose growth significantly impacts poverty reduction and hunger eradication. Within agricultural activities, subsistence family farming stands out, characterized by a group of peasants and families who produce for their own consumption and small surpluses that they sell for reproduction. However, a large percentage of them face multiple problems that keep them in a state of multidimensional poverty. The purpose of this research was to identify the main constraints faced by subsistence family farming in the rural parishes of the Portoviejo canton, Manabí, Ecuador. A documentary and field research with a mixed approach was conducted, surveying 2,280 households from different communities, which allowed for the identification of the main social and economic impacts. It was found that 9 out of 10 households have multidimensional problems, including the sustainability of associativity, which must be resolved through duly agreed-upon public policies to improve their conditions and the degree of poverty in which they find themselves.

Palavras-chave : agriculture; households; multidimensional; associativity; farmers.

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