Análisis del funcionamiento de las asociaciones agropecuarias en las provincias de Sugamuxi y Valderrama.

Abstract

The agricultural vocation in the department of Boyacá has motivated the creation of associations, in order to achieve economic development and well-being for its members and communities within the productive and market context. Allowing the creation of associations with a social objective, focused on agricultural and livestock production, where there are more than 100 associations registered in the provinces of Valderrama and Sugamuxi, dedicated especially to dairy, sheep, cattle, and goat production. vegetables, alfalfa, beekeeping, potatoes and figs. The present descriptive analytical study was developed from instruments such as the survey and the interview, applied to 42 associations and answered by the legal representatives, both urban and rural by municipality, of the agricultural sector and including the existing irrigation districts in the two provinces. The diagnosis allowed to identify the reason for the current state of the associations, active and inactive; Similarly, successful cases and failed cases, the characterization of economic activities, the different processes that are developed, the number of associates since their creation and their current conditions were identified. On the other hand, the economic resources, machinery, equipment, inputs, livestock and environmental protection, received by the associations from the state, the department, the municipalities and private entities, in most cases have not had effective monitoring, control and accompaniment; which leads to the inactivity of the associations, the little project management capacity and the loss of objectivity in the face of the associative processes, which results in the patrimonial detriment of the associates and the contributing agents. It is expected, with this project, to provide alternatives for improvement and enable instruments for good governance and territorial management, resource management and the incentive to promote association, support, market search and efficient investment of the resources allocated for these purposes.