La producción agrícola urbana como alternativa de alimentación comunitaria y excedentes comercializables generadores de ingresos familiares en la población vulnerable de Altos de Cazuca.

Abstract

The research focused on determining the conformation of the basic family basket in the horticultural component, with the conditions of the population of the Loma Linda neighborhood, Altos de Cazucá, in Soacha, to propose processes of production of urban agriculture that meet their food needs and Generate marketable surpluses that complement family income. With the Participatory Action Research, integrating two management programs: VUAD companies and agricultural enterprises, a sample of 62 families taken at random was analyzed, and a structured survey was applied through interactive workshops, dialogue and Observation, the prevalence of the adult older than 60 years old was found to be 49.9%, between 60 and 40 years old, 50.1%, and the absence of a young population was noted. Extreme poverty population with an average income of $ 252,000 per family. The educational level determined that 70% have some primary study and 30% are illiterate. The family basket of the horticultural component, susceptible to intervene with urban agriculture, showed a supply of 50% with activities carried out in an artisan or rudimentary way. It was not able to quantify the production volumes, by systems applied with its own resources, that did not allow to measure the capacity of production to determine the surpluses marketable. The training contemplates two approaches, from the perspective of Business Administration, the community, achieving the motivation, interest and the development of values for coexistence and cooperative work. The training in urban agriculture was developed by the research farm Agricultural Management Program focused on the systems and procedures of urban productive activity.