Análisis comparado de las condiciones de producción de dos asociaciones de productores de fruta del Occidente de Colombia para su participación en proyectos de comercio justo

Luz Elena Santacoloma Varón

doi:10.22490/21456453.917

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011)

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2011-10-07

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Santacoloma Varón, L. E. (2011). Comparative analysis on the conditions of production in two associations of fruit growers of western Colombia to participate in fair trade projects. Revista De Investigación Agraria Y Ambiental, 2(2), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.917

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Comparative analysis on the conditions of production in two associations of fruit growers of western Colombia to participate in fair trade projects

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.917

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Luz Elena Santacoloma Varón Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) Escuela de Ciencias Agrícolas, Pecuarias y del Medio Ambiente (ECAPMA) Sede Nacional José Celestino Mutis, Bogotá, Colombia

A comparative analysis was performed on two fruit-farming organizations agro-ecologically and conventionally oriented and established its affinity with fair trade principles. A survey was done on fruit production, marketing systems and opportunities to sell "fair price" products. It was found that both groups are small farmers, agro-ecological producers offer a variety of fruit, because of not using chemicals the consumers recognize the quality by an extra charge, they sell their products in farmer markets and generate direct relationships with consumers.

Conventional producers offer only Lulo (Solanum quitoense), chemicals are used, the indicator of quality is recognized by the size and presentation of the fruit and marketing is done in supermarkets. We conclude that agro-ecological producers would be close to a way of fair trade, provided that incorporate quality improvement programs, and use the product information and communication technologies for development of cooperation networks and identification of market niches. It is important to support public or private access to credit, infrastructure and market information to help in decision making improvement.

Fair trade, agro-ecological, agro-chemicals, consumer, quality, cooperation.

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