Evolución histórica de la fragmentación de tierras y la incidencia de la Ley de Desarrollo Agrario en la parroquia Vilcabamba del cantón Loja.

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the impact of the Agrarian Development Law on land fragmentation in the Vilcabamba parish, considering that the previous land reforms in Ecuador in 1964 - the Law on Agrarian Reform and Colonization - had failed to change the unequal distribution of land. The investigation considered a database of land transfers made during the years 1984 and 2004 registered in the Land Registry. A Mann-Kendall test was conducted on the mean parcel size for each year to determine whether a statistically significant trend applies. The results indicate that fragmentation has increased, the first period being the most affected by the new Law. The data reflects the change in maximum farm size to 0.3 ha imposed by the new law, and even the transactions made by the Ecuadorian Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (IERAC) did not exceed this area.