1. Los sistemas de producción en el sudeste del lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Pereira, Lewis, Chirinos, Orlando, and Calderón, Lenín
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PRODUCTION management (Manufacturing) , *APPLIED anthropology , *CATTLE industry , *ALLUVIAL plains , *MANUAL labor , *LABOR unions - Abstract
This paper presents the results of a study on the predominant production systems in two selected communities (Tomoporo de Tierra and San Roque) made in the northern zone of Motatán River Plain (Coasts of Lago de Maracaibo in Venezuela). The study was developed from an anthropological and sociological perspective (development anthropology) and it tried to account for the general characteristics of culture systems, cattle-raising systems, organization of labor and relations between producers and intermediaries. To do so, a survey and several open interviews were undertaken to research the totality of producers of the two communities. This strategy allowed for conjugating quantitative and qualitative analyses. The conclusion is that the predominant production system is supported by permanent cultures, the raising of cattle, labour organization, gender division of work tasks, and the contracting of outside manual labour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007