The unirrigated Mediterranean region of Central Chile is characterised by high levels of soil degradation and rural poverty. One of the main institutional approaches to these issues have mainly focused on promoting the forest industry’s entrance along with the introduction of agricultural machinery and more efficient agricultural methods. These have been sponsored as an answer for the needed development, which, in most cases, is far from being suited to the ecological and cultural contexts. This article analyses the main historical and sociocultural factors behind this socio-environmental issue, emphasizing how qualitative factors related to the loss of social capital and the disintegration of communities have had fundamental implications for the environmental problem of soil degradation. Finally, it examines regional social dynamics and traditional agricultural activities that propose social cohesion and territorial empowerment as the bases for sustainable agriculture in environmentally vulnerable regions.

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社会资本和劳动力交换在智利地中海土壤中的作用

智利中部未灌溉的地中海地区的特点是土壤退化和农村贫困程度高。解决这些问题的主要制度方法之一，主要是促进林业产业的进入以及农业机械和更有效农业方法的引入。赞助这些活动是为了应对所需的发展，在大多数情况下，发展远远不适合生态和文化环境。本文分析了这个社会环境问题背后的主要历史和社会文化因素，强调与社会资本的丧失和社区的瓦解有关的定性因素如何对土壤退化的环境问题产生根本性的影响。最后，