Alternative Food Production in Cauca, Colombia: The Value of Agroecological Food Systems for Local Small Producers and Consumers

<p>This thesis intends to offer an integral view of the reality of food production and distribution in the Cauca Department in Colombia, observing the different practices that have caused deep social and environmental struggles including systemic violence, displacement and environmental degradation. The first two chapters will offer a global and national context of food production to better understand the many challenges that rural populations endure in rural Cauca. Chapters four and five will explore some resistance strategies and movements that rural communities in Cauca and other Colombian regions have developed to fight against corporate agro-industrial dominance so they can protect their identity and territories through agroecological principles. The values that surround food production and consumption among Indigenous, Afro-descendant and farmer communities have maintained a legacy of cultural identity and food sovereignty that still provides food security among rural and urban populations, making these practices an essential part of Colombia’s social structure.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Liberal Studies

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Negret, Andrea

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tomoaki Imamichi

• Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Environmental Studies
• Food Security
• Food Studies
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social Justice
• Food production
• Food distribution
• Displacement
• Territorial sovereignty
• Environmental Justice.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4714

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-5749