Abstract

CARRILLO GONZALEZ, Lorena. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CULTIVATION OF COCA IN AFROCOLOMBIAN COMMUNITIES IN CAQUETÁ: ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE ILLICIT ECONOMY, THE TRADITIONAL FARMING PRACTICES, AND THEIR ROLE IN FOOD SECURITY. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.203-221. ISSN 1657-8031.

This article presents the main results of an investigation into the consequences of the adoption of the cultivation of coca, the productive logic of the illicit economy, and anti-drug policies of the Colombian State have meant for the safety and food sovereignty of Afrocolombian communities in the State of Caquetá. The work was based on extensive field work carried out in the rural area of inspection of Rionegro, Municipality of Puerto Rico. The text examines the role played by the regional history, the social and economic context in the reasons that help to explain the reason for the presence of coca. It gives an account of the main features of the mode of family production that characterizes the coca in the region and finally, and it shows the impact that the counter-narcotics policy has on food security of the communities in the study area. In order to provide elements for the discussion of the alternatives to the cultivation of coca, the article shows how the production practices in the region, both legal and illegal, do not pass through the construction of a project of food sovereignty and fail to meet the basics of food safety.

Keywords : Food Security; Illicit Use Crops; Coca; Colombian Amazon; Peasants.

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