Hacia una política de desarrollo agropecuario y campesino en el Municipio de El Carmen de Viboral – Antioquia

Abstract

The document "Towards a policy of agricultural and peasant development in the Municipality of El Carmen de Viboral", presents the diagnosis and situational analysis of the agricultural sector of the municipality of El Carmen de Viboral, as well as the guidelines for municipal public policy for the sector. The analysis was based on primary and secondary sources and a methodological process of logical framework and participatory workshops to build the problem tree and the objective tree. Thecentral problem was defined as "socioeconomic backwardness of the agricultural sector, families, organizations and peasant producers in the Municipality of El Carmen de Viboral", of which five (5) major causes were highlighted: deterioration of productive conditions of the agricultural sector in the municipality, low access to credit, subsidies and support programs for agricultural production, accessto technological developments for the agricultural sector, deficiency in road infrastructure and equipment to support distribution and marketing and lack of social protection of peasant producers. In relation to the analysis of objectives, it was defined together with the communities that it is necessary to orient municipal policy towards the "social and economic equality of the agricultural sector, its producers, families and peasant organizations in the Municipality of El Carmen de Viboral." To advance in this direction, five (5) alternatives are proposed: efficiently implement the service of energy to bus, generate conditions that contribute to improving the productivity of the agricultural sector, facilitate access to technological developments for the agricultural sector, provision of equipment, infrastructures and services that allow improving distribution processes and marketing of agricultural products and finally, improving social protection services for farmers. At the end, the planning matrix is proposed with strategies and public policy actions for each guideline, as well as recommendations for strategic actors.