Abstract

ARDILA BENITEZ, Shounyk Mayuri; BURGOS RIANO, Viryinia Andrea; RAMIREZ VALENCIA, Paula Andrea  and  VARGAS PRIETO, Amanda. Challenges of the Colombian agricultural sector after the signature of the commercial promotion agreement between the United States and Colombia. Investig. desarro. [online]. 2019, vol.27, n.1, pp.6-49. ISSN 0121-3261.

The objective of this article is to determine how the labor conditions of the Colombian agricultural sector were affected, within the framework of social effects, after the signing of the Trade Promotion Agreement between Colombia and the United States. For this, a macroeconomic adaptation of GRI indicators version G4 in the social performance category was made. This adaptation made it possible to analyze sectoral information and apply it to the labor population of the Colombian agricultural sector. The methodology used was qualitative with emphasis on a checklist method and analysis of indicators, and two important results were found. First, that the trade agreement between both countries is superficial at the moment of safeguarding the labor conditions of the sector, without going into specific aspects that regulate the labor context. Secondly, it was evident that despite the significant increases in contracting rates, affiliations with health providers or managers of occupational risks for employees, most of the Colombian agricultural sector operates under informality. Finally, it can be affirmed that the labor conditions of the Colombian agricultural sector, within the framework of social effects, after the signing of the Trade Promotion Agreement between Colombia and the United States were not affected in a positive manner. Informality and lack of regulation continues to be a common factor in the sector.

Keywords : FTA; GRI; CSR; working conditions; agricultural sector.

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