Mijeski Beck , 2005 , p . 22 . This meant that these projects were much less effective and efficient than they could have been , and impoverishment of indigenous and Afro-Ecuadoran peoples continued at a high level . The fact that the state was paternalistically interfering with the traditional governance mechanisms of local populations also had highly negative effects on the environmental sustainability of agricultural practices , for example in northwestern Ecuador (Southgate Ramos , 2000 , p . 2 . In that area , the lack of official government recognition...











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