Abstract

PERTUZ MARTINEZ, Aylin Patricia  and  SANTAMARIA ESCOBAR, Álvaro Enrique. COLOMBIAN OIL PALM CULTIVATION CULTURE, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. Tend. [online]. 2014, vol.15, n.1, pp.173-186. ISSN 0124-8693.  https://doi.org/10.22267/rtend.141501.55.

The oil palm cultivation in Colombia has had an important expansion; it has been the product of government policies that consider it a development factor for the agricultural economics and the economy of the country. After fifty years, it has a production in four known areas where most of the producers are associated to Fedepalma. An aspect that generates debate in the country is the sustainability of the sector in its environmental, economic and social components. The main purpose of this revision is to determine if in the country a sustainable palm oil cultivation culture has been developed. It is concluded that this agricultural sector is economically sustainable for the large producer, but it is not sustainable in the environmental and social aspects although there are advances due to the fact that it will become internationally certified. In general terms, the government entities and the sector itself consider it sustainable, considering some exceptions.

JEL: Q01.

Keywords : oil palm cultivation culture; sustainability; Colombia..

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