Diagnóstico de las condiciones de seguridad alimentaria de la población vulnerable del barrio Loma Linda (Altos de Cazucá) y sus estrategias de sostenibilidad

Abstract

This project frames valuable apprenticeships and the generation of experiences and greater knowledge about applied urban agriculture in the commune 4 of high of Cazucá in the municipality of Soacha in the department of Cundinamarca under the project "Diagnosis of the Conditions of Alimentary Security of the Population Vulnerable of the Commune 4 of Altos de Cazucá and its Sustainability Strategies ", led by students of last semester of agricultural business administration of the Santo Tomás University. In the project the aspect to improve was the food safety conditions of one of the community object of the project in situation of displacement, from a diagnosis generated to know more about the problems of the area and its community. This project was focused on and developed urban agriculture to achieve the proposed objectives. It seeks to promote the participation of the population from their particularities and common knowledge in urban agriculture. The project caused a local impact on the day to day of the community that participated. And this was possible because the theme, the peasant origin of the community, the applied methodology, friendship, respect, the space to establish the garden, with which the community was treated and the logistical and economic support of the University Santo Tomás made possible the development of the project in accordance with the proposed objectives. It is important to emphasize that the garden is not only a physical place which is helped to make the community. This project strengthened the construction of a social fabric based on shared affection during the activities of the Urban Garden. In terms of food security, the great drawback of the poor nutritional balance of the community or more specifically in the commune 4 of Altos de Cazucá with this type of project is a first step to solve the problem of malnutrition and food insecurity in the region. community. Finally, the community was grateful for the process since it was shown that if you can generate self-supply of vegetables for each of the households generate social networks between each family and the decrease in the daily expenditure of some products of the family basket. In this way the community also generates a social recognition in the neighborhood as they maintain the knowledge so they can replicate the other people in their community.