Exportaciones Agrarias y Gestión Sostenible del Agua en la Costa Peruana: El Caso del Valle de Ica

Abstract

This paper evaluates the environmental effects on the use of underground water in thevalley of Ica. as a result of the agriculture export model between 1950 and 2007, particularlyafter 1990. The valley of Ica is the main valley of Peru for agriculture exports, and is located300 km to the south of Lima, capital of Peru. I analyze 3 sub-periods: 1950 - 1969, when themonoculture of cotton for external markets was predominant; 1969 - 1989, when the land reformchanged water and land use laws, and from 1990 onwards, characterized by the new model ofagriculture exports of vegetables, legumes and fruits, crops with intensive use of water.