Abstract
ABSTRACTNew policy directions supporting small-scale, ecologically diverse agriculture often remain un-reconciled with decades of modernist agricultural development. We examine the case of campesino grape producers in the Central Valley of Tarija, Bolivia, and how and why they combine commercial grape production with species-level agrobiodiversity. High production costs and ecological and economic risks of viticulture, alongside other species’ sociocultural and economic values, are factors informing campesino production strategies. The importance of agrobiodiversity for campesino viticulturalists, however, is underrecognized by rural development authorities and we discuss opportunities to narrow the persisting gaps between rural development theory and practice in the Central Valley.
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