Aportes De La Agrobiodiversidad a La Sustentabilidad De La Agricultura Familiar en Colombia

Abstract

<p><strong>Background. </strong>Family gardens represent spaces that promot the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity, generating welfare and sustainability conditions for rural communities. <strong>Objective</strong>. This study explores the relationship between biodiversity, agrobiodiversity and family farming economy in rural areas in departments of Caldas (Association of Indigenous and Peasant Producers) and Cundinamarca (Reserve Zone of Cabrera), Colombia. <strong>Methodology.</strong> Data on farm size, land use, present agrobiodiversity, income generation and self-consumption levels were compiled. The variability in these characteristics is strongly influenced by the size of the farms and by the areas destined for production and conservation. It is noted that smaller farms tend to generate higher agricultural income and self-consumption values per unit of productive area. <strong>Conclusions.</strong> The article concludes the importance of considering agrobiodiversity as a determinant component for the sustainability of the agro-food system and highlights the fundamental role of family farming in protecting it through its knowledge and traditional systems of use and management. At the end, the authors recommend the promotion of agrobiodiversity in public policies for national food security and sovereignty including its conservation as a criterion in land planning plans.</p>

Evaluating the Influence of Soil and Socioeconomic Factors on Agricultural Efficiency

“…The positive and significant association between family-base farming and performance can be explained by the diversity and consequent agricultural production performance that can be noticed in places where a large set of this category of farmers is concentrated (Rensburg and Mulugeta, 2016, Mutyasira et al, 2018, Acevedo-Osorio et al, 2020. This is because family farming can promote the best use of space, benefit from intercropping, crop rotation, and integration with livestock, and ensure that the farmer can optimize and stabilize his/her income throughout the year (López Netto et al, 2017, Grisel and Assis, 2020.…”