Analysis of the livelihoods and the empowerment of peasant communities: an analysis of two rural areas in the department of Boyacá, Colombia

García-Parra Miguel Angel (), Plazas-Leguizamón Nubia (), Colmenares-Cruz Ramiro Andrés (), Jácome-Suárez Jelsy Millena (), Rodríguez Luz Angela Cuellar () and Hernández-Criado Juan Carlos ()
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García-Parra Miguel Angel: Faculty Agricultural and Environmental Science, Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña University, Ocaña, Colombia
Plazas-Leguizamón Nubia: Faculty Agricultural and Environmental Science, Juan de Castellanos University Fundation, Tunja, Colombia
Colmenares-Cruz Ramiro Andrés: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Jácome-Suárez Jelsy Millena: Faculty Agricultural and Environmental Science, Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña University, Ocaña Colombia
Rodríguez Luz Angela Cuellar: Faculty Environmental Engineering, Santo Tomás seccional Tunja University, Tunja Colombia
Hernández-Criado Juan Carlos: Faculty Agricultural and Environmental Science, Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña University, Ocaña Colombia

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2023, vol. 27, issue 3, 102-112

Abstract: The analysis of the livelihoods and the empowerment of rural communities has become one of the main strategies for characterising and studying rural communities, even more so when, in different parts of the world, these communities are strongly affected by the dynamics of politics and economics. The research aims to analyse the livelihoods and empowerment of two rural communities in the department of Boyacá in Colombia. To this purpose, two communities were chosen, one each from the municipalities of Ventaquemada and Jericó. A case study method was applied, with information being collected through semi-structured interviews with 24 family units. The results allowed significant differences to be found in the progress of the development of livelihoods, which was mainly associated with natural capital. In addition, it was also possible to distinguish differential features between the two study areas, which were associated with the social, economic, and physical environment, and therefore determined the degree of empowerment of family unit members in following a productive vocation in the rural sector.

Keywords: Capital; dynamics; economy; family nucleus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0013

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