Implementación de la Economía Agrícola en el Municipio de Maripi

Abstract

Given that in Colombia in the municipality of Maripi which belongs to the department of Boyacá, most farm families in a laborious task under a completely natural process, have become the cane juice that these same families grow in a product organic food, of energy and nutritional qualities recognized. This derivative of sugar cane product is usually distinguished as panela, which today is found in different forms. But there is something that makes it special and coveted panela produced in the village of "Maripi" that it is natural because it does not contain any chemical inputs which makes it a totally organic product. That said, we see that in the village of "Maripi" the agricultural economy is one of the sources of employment and income for its inhabitants. Since the production and processing of organic panela allows economic activation of this territory because this product is marketed internally within the municipality, it is a product for the consumption of the people who does not come out of it. This product is produced in small mills that should be subject to know and implement health standards in order to provide a quality product to consumers.

With this research will be tested and demonstrated that the application of minimum health standards for the production of panela, generate economic development in the agricultural sector because these standards will provide a quality product able to compete globally and this will allow to move emerald mining as the main economic activity of the municipality and put above this agricultural economy.