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Amerindian Agriculture in an Urbanising Amazonia (Rio Negro, Brazil)

Laure Emperaire, Ludivine Eloy

Bulletin of Latin American Research

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Indigenous agricultural systems in the periurban Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, have transposed from forest contexts to periurban areas, maintaining multi-plot cultivation and traditional knowledge. However, this agriculture faces challenges from modern urban agriculture values. Its ecological and cultural relevance relies on new market integration and partnerships.