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Pastaza farmers abandoning agriculture and switching to ecotourism

Published on August 21, 2019

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Around nine years ago, the first Pastaza plantations turned into tourism service businesses. At the time, most properties were dedicated to cattle farming and vegetable farming, but they have since opted to change their business models. It all comes down to the difference in income that land owners can get from […]

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