Commercial potential of family and community peasant agriculture: a look from a case of characterization and assessment of a production system in Cúcuta (Norte de Santander) Potencial comercial de la agricultura campesina familiar y comunitaria: una mirada desde un caso de caracterización y valoración de un sistema de producción en Cúcuta (Norte de Santander)

Abstract

One of the greatest challenges of the family and community peasant economy is the commercialization of its products, goods and/or services at a fair sale price; but, for this, it is imperative first, to determine the real cost of these, through a correct valuation of your system; and to achieve, in turn, identify the composition of this cost, it is necessary first, "to know what you have on the farm"; that is, a complete characterization of the production system. This manuscript reports the results of a case of characterization and assessment of a peasant family production system in the rural area of ​​Cúcuta (Norte de Santander). The results are presented in 8 sections, namely: a) Generalities of the family system, b) Access and land ownership, c) Socioeconomic aspects, c) Characterization and assessment of the productive system, this section taking as reference the methodology proposed by Forero (2002) for the assessment of rural production systems, d) Care economy, e) Social and community organization, f) Access and relationship with markets, g) Relationship with ecosystems (description). Finally, a section of conclusions and discussion is presented that collects the main findings, poses some critical questions, and research topics that may be important to broaden or improve the understanding of the peasant economies and society present in the Colombian territory.