The institutionalization of family farming in Colombia

ISBN-13: 9786204240886 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str.

Juan Sebastian Santoyo Sanchez

Opis

The signing of the peace treaty between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP in November 2016 commits to an integral rural reform that aims to: "lay the foundations for the structural transformation of the countryside and create conditions of well-being for the rural population so as to contribute to the construction of a stable and lasting peace" (Peace Accords, 2016) Within this framework, the category of "Family Farming" is promoted as a sustainable agricultural production system, through its contribution to economic development, poverty eradication and food security in the country. However, the fragility of this family form of production (poverty, abandonment, lack of infrastructure) requires a determined public action that characterizes it, differentiates it and positions it in relation to the conventional agro-industrial model. In Colombia, family farming brings together a great diversity of agents: peasants, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians among others. All of them are characterized by the reappropriation of the term "family farming", both in its meaning and in its political character, going beyond the strict agronomic and technical vision of rural development.

O autorze

Santoyo Sanchez, Juan SebastianJuan Santoyo is a young Colombian political scientist specialized in Latin American studies and sustainable development of territories. He is interested in alternative agricultural production and distribution systems. He has a degree from the IEP of Lyon and a Master's degree from the IHEAL. He works in Paris with French and Latin American social organizations.