Análisis del sistema agroalimentario implementado en las comunidades con situación de vulnerabilidad socioeconómica para determinar los efectos en la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Puerto Wilches

Abstract

which is located on the banks of the Magdalena River 143 kilometers from the city of Bucaramanga, whose main economic activities are the planting of African palm, small-scale agriculture and livestock. Today, agri-food systems are replaced by conventional agriculture and extractive economies, mainly oil palm and oil extraction in the territory. However, the Small Agricultural Producers of the municipality contribute from their plots with the supply of locally produced food, guaranteeing the transport of food to the local market, made up of small neighborhood shops, able to distribute food to communities in situations of socio-economic vulnerability. For the development of this project, a methodological framework of qualitative and quantitative research was used; the latter method is based on the search for secondary information contained in the coordination instruments. articulation and follow-up arranged for the SAN of the Wilchense territory. In the case of the qualitative method, it is ethnographic, supported by primary information collection instruments, such as; semi-structured interviews, recordings and field observations of small-scale food producers in conditions of socio-economic vulnerability and to the entities responsible for agri-food intervention in the region. From the results obtained, it was determined that the producers of Puerto Wilches have ancestral knowledge inherited and transmitted from generation to generation, which have been perfected with daily work. This knowledge favors the care of the environment and helps the sustainable development of the municipality. The production obtained is not varied, but it contributes to family nutrition and strengthens food sovereignty. On the other hand, the lack of synergy of the institutions identified in the territory that support the agri-food system was evidenced, which leads to a lower food coverage for communities in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability. Nevertheless, this document presents a series of recommendations that contribute to the improvement of the current agrifood system, as an academic contribution from this research.