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Globalization and industrialization of agriculture: impacts on rural Chocontá, Colombia.

Authors: Maricel-C. Piniero;

Globalization and industrialization of agriculture: impacts on rural Chocontá, Colombia.

Abstract

Englishhe policies implemented in Colombia for the past 40 years addressing domestic production have focused on the promotion of industrialization and increasing economic growth. These policies boosted production in different areas including livestock and monoculture cultivation. However, alongside this increasing productivity is the transformation of the landscape and disappearance of local knowledge that continues to be ignored by the global market. This paper analyzes the changing landscape brought about by the expansion of livestock production and industrialization of agriculture in rural areas of Choconta, Cundinamarca emphasizing on local people’s perspectives. Using semi-structured interviews, life history elicitation, farm visits and activity recall during their waking hours, the paper presents how agricultural knowledge is “lost” and how new species and varieties of plants are introduced as well as how traditional crops “disappeared” because of these economic changes. In addition, the paper also examines how small-scale farmers negotiate their socio-economic conditions in order to survive, given the limited options they have. The impact on gender roles is also examined. It shows that because of the transformation, small-scale farmers are confronted with economic dilemmas that change the traditional activities related to gender roles. Women for example, are no longer contained in private spheres, but are also working outside the households, sometimes even being preferred to men to work as laborers in large farms. The paper concludes with the discussion of the future visions of local people about the transformation of their area as well as its implications on the future of rural Choconta. EnglishLas politicas implementadas en Colombia durante los ultimos 40 anos que abordan la produccion agropecuaria interna, se han centrado en la promocion de la industrializacion y el aumento del crecimiento economico. Estas politicas impulsaron la produccion en diferentes areas, incluyendo la ganaderia y la produccion de monocultivo. Sin embargo, junto a este aumento de la productividad se ha dado la transformacion del paisaje y la desaparicion de conocimientos locales, aspectos que continuan siendo ignorados por el mercado global. En este trabajo se analiza la transformacion del paisaje provocado por la expansion de la ganaderia y la industrializacion de la agricultura en las zonas rurales de Choconta (Cundinamarca) desde las perspectivas de la poblacion local. A traves de entrevistas semiestructuradas, coleccion de historias de vida, visitas a las fincas y recuento de las actividades diarias, este articulo presenta que por causa de estos cambios economicos se estan perdiendo conocimientos locales en agricultura, asi como la desaparicion de cultivos tradicionales y tambien como se han introducido nuevas especies y variedades de plantas. Ademas, el documento examina como los campesinos negocian sus condiciones socioeconomicas, dadas las limitadas opciones que tienen para sobrevivir. Tambien, se indaga el impacto en los roles de genero, que manifiesta que debido a la transformacion de produccion los pequenos agricultores se enfrentan con el dilema economico que cambia las actividades tradicionales relacionadas con los roles de genero. Por ejemplo, las mujeres ya no se encuentran solamente en el ambito privado, tambien estan trabajando por fuera de los hogares, incluso algunas veces las prefieren para trabajar como jornaleras en las fincas grandes. El documento concluye con la discusion de las futuras visiones de la poblacion local acerca de la transformacion de su zona, asi como sus implicaciones en el futuro de lo Choconta rural.

Keywords

gender roles, conocimiento local, agroindustrialización, landscape transformation, local knowledge, agro-industrialization, roles de género, Globalización, transformación del paisaje, Globalization

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