Sociotechnical transformations of the agricultural sector in mega-drought contexts, in the Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region, Chile

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Published: Jul 4, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4206/rev.austral.cienc.soc.2025.n48-17
Keywords:
- Sociotechnical network
- Agriculture
- Technology transfer
- Elqui Valley
- Mega-drought

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Mario Jorquera Álvarez
Sociólogo (UCEN), Mg. Antropología Sociocultural (U de Chile), Doctorando en Sociología y Antropología (U. Complutense de Madrid). Investigador colaborador del Instituto de Políticas Públicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8566-1259
Manuela Heyer
Socióloga, (UCEN).
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7973-9427
Nancy Paola Chandia
Laboratorio Moléculas Bioactivas, Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile.
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0122-6884
Carmen Álvarez
Laboratorio Moléculas Bioactivas, Departamento Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile.
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1558-6158
Paula Needham
Laboratorio Moléculas Bioactivas, Departamento Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile.
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8394-7250

Abstract

This article is the result of a social research within the framework of the FONDEF project IT20I0006 “Socio-productive validation of algal hydrogel for the efficient use of water in areas affected by water shortage”. Its main focus is to analyse and describe the socio-technical dependencies and transformations experienced by small and medium farmers in a context marked by the effects of global environmental change, present in the Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region, Chile.

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Jorquera Álvarez, M., Heyer, M., Chandia, N. P., Álvarez, C., & Needham, P. (2025). Sociotechnical transformations of the agricultural sector in mega-drought contexts, in the Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region, Chile. Revista Austral De Ciencias Sociales, (48), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.4206/rev.austral.cienc.soc.2025.n48-17
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No. 48 (2025)
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