Leading by Example: How cities came to link rural producers with urban food markets in Colombia
Author(s)
Pesquera, AidaPublication date
2011-06-09Subject
Food and livelihoodsCountry
Colombia
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Oxfam GBSeries
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Case studyDescription
Following decades of conflict and violence, millions of small farmers in Colombia remain economically excluded and trapped in poverty. Many city-dwellers and policy-makers are ignorant of their problems, or are not interested. However, an initiative in the capital Bogotá has strengthened links between rural and urban communities and has demonstrated that small producers can become political and economic actors – and that the small producer economy is not only viable, but can be an important part of the solution to urban food insecurity. To achieve this, small producers, NGOs, and municipal authorities have worked together, building a successful advocacy strategy based on a practical working model of access to markets.Pages
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9781848148406URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/133410Additional Links
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/leading-by-example-how-cities-came-to-link-rural-producers-with-urban-food-mark-133410ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.21201/2011.8406