Keywords
family farming
de-agrarization
rural development
Ecuador
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Abstract
Following the parameters postulated in the decent work agenda of the International Labor Organization (ILO), this research study explores the working conditions of agriculture as the main determinants of rural migration in three regions of northern Ecuador. For this purpose, we assume the approaches of family farming and rural youth. We demonstrate through qualitative and quantitative methods that the absence of
decent work increases the propensity of farmers to migrate and participate in new economic activities, such as the making of handicrafts and the sale of labor outside the farm. Meanwhile, rural youth consider that precarious working conditions, low economic income, and labor exploitation in agriculture, as well as the lack of adequate and dignified rural employment, are the main causes for migration and the abandonment of agriculture.
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