DROUGHT RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHILEAN GRAPE AND WINE INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF THE MAULE REGION

This chapter focuses on the vulnerability of an agricultural system in Chile and offers potential lessons learned that could apply to Canadian agriculture. Although many differences exist between Canada and Chile, there are similarities at a regional scale between the Canadian Prairies and the Maule...

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Published inVulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies pp. 303 - 326
Main Author Boninsegna, Jose Armando;Bonsal, Barrie;Corkal, Darrell;Fletcher, Amber
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Calgary Press 2016
Edition1
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Area / regional studies
Food & society
Society & culture: general
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Summary:This chapter focuses on the vulnerability of an agricultural system in Chile and offers potential lessons learned that could apply to Canadian agriculture. Although many differences exist between Canada and Chile, there are similarities at a regional scale between the Canadian Prairies and the Maule region in Chile. Water supplies for irrigation in both countries, for example, are mostly derived from snowmelt in the mountains (the Rockies and the Andes, respectively). Similarities also exist in governance structures in that a private-sector marketing system exists in both countries, whereby producers market their own products. In Canada, this open market, for grain
ISBN:9781552388198
1552388190
DOI:10.1515/9781552388211-014