Participatory assessment of sustainability in small farmers’ production units in Tinjacá, Colombia
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| Format: | texto |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Description: | Agriculture practiced at a family scale is a key production strategy for reproducing agroecological practices and ensuring food security and sovereignty. Often, small-scale production systems have notable strengths that deserve to be replicated but may also present multidimensional shortcomings that threaten their sustainability. In this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate, through a participatory approach, the sustainability of Small Farmers’ Production Units (SFPU) of Tinjacá (Boyacá), in central Colombia. The methodological strategy of the study was guided by the MESMIS Program (Spanish acronym for Indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Framework). The main results showed that the SFPUs in the municipality of Tinjacá have medium sustainability (ÍGS=3.1) with the highest rated environmental dimension (3.4) compared to the social (3.0) and economic (3.0) dimensions. In general, technical recommendations focus on building schools in small-scale farming communities, redesigning land parcels, and adopting agroecological practices. Collaborative efforts facilitated the collective development of viable technical solutions aimed at enhancing farm sustainability and improving the quality of life of farming families. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/20839 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/perspectivasrurales/article/view/20839 |
| Keyword: | Family agriculture agroecology productive diversification armer field schools small scale farming extensionism rurality Agricultura familiar agroecología diversificación productiva escuelas campesinas extensionismo ruralidad agroecologia diversificação produtiva escolas camponesas ruralidade |