Surgimiento y desarrollo de la agroecología en América Latina y el Caribe con énfasis en Colombia

Abstract

In this paper, the main political, social and scientific contexts are described and established, from 1950 to present, which promoted the emergence and development of agroecology in Latin America and the Caribbean as an alternative Social and scientific, which is concerned with the relations between the human, the social and the ecological, as opposed to the current models of development and the reductionism of classical science, which prevails in conventional agriculture. Thus, an overview is presented on the evolution of agroecology and its impact on the formation of projects, initiatives, social movements and implementation of agrarian policies in Brazil, the Andean region, Central America, Mexico and Cuba. In addition, a historical review is made from 1980 on the adoption and diffusion of agroecology in Colombia, and the role that society, institutions and government have played in consolidating it in the country.