Abstract

LOPERA GARCIA, Luz Dolly; SALGADO CANAVERAL, Dora Cristina  and  VELASQUEZ VELEZ, Raúl. IS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE POSSIBLE IN MARINILLA?: IN BETWEEN THE RESOURCE CAPACITY AND POLITICAL WILL THERE IS A WAY. Semest. Econ. [online]. 2011, vol.14, n.30, pp.135-151. ISSN 0120-6346.

The objective of this paper is to describe some socio-economic technical-agricultural characteristics of 28 production units of fruits and vegetables grouped in associations of the Marinilla municipalities in Antioquia Colombia. A methodology was used in the predominantly qualitative approach, supplemented with literature research and interviews with officials of the Municipal Unit for Technical Assistance in Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture. The most relevant result suggest that most of the units generate products for subsistence farmers and their families and for small volume sales for the local market. It also showed that most of the units do not develop organic production and in the case it been required for the sale of its products in the domestic market, is not given due to the importance of this type of production.

Keywords : Associations; agriculture; agriculture and intrenational trade; food policy.

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