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The paper analyzes the capricultores social representations on forage resources offered by the Dry Chaco native forest (Córdoba, Argentina). The relationship between the historical conditions of access and use of forage by farmers and the symbolic construction of ecosystem is analyzed. It is concluded that farmers express a territorial assessment of the forage that provides the native forest, but particularly that provides the "monte bajo" (scrub), main food source for goats. These representations related to the extensive grazing system is the main strategy of peasant use of forage resources of the territory. This view contrasts with the agrobusiness representatives that support the need to eradicate scrub to seeding new pastures and increase productivity of cattle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes the conditions of peasant persistence against agribusiness in the province of Córdoba, comparing two historical moments (2007 and 2015). Its strategic access to capital (capital), public policies and changes in agribusiness dynamics in the territory was considered. The research included consulting various sources and interviewing key informants. It is concluded that, with relative success, individual strategies are redesigned looking for productive intensification and pluriactivity. At the collective level, there is a declining participation of peasants in organizational processes and the manifestation of internal conflicts due to the differential access to state resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]