Rural development and peacebuilding in Colombia have
been highly prioritized by higher education institutions since the signing of
the Peace Agreement between the National Government and the FARC-EP This has
resulted in the need to further analyze rural strategies that contribute
towards a better life for the population of territories where armed conflict is
coming to an end, whilst understanding the pressing uncertainty that this
process implies; on the one hand, for the urgency of generating rapid and concrete
responses to social justice and equity, and on the other, because fulfilling
the agreement guarantees scenarios of non-repetition of the war in the country.
These were some of the
reflections that motivated the research project "Rural development alternatives
for peacebuilding: educational strategies to strengthen the ability of
producers and young people that contribute to the coffee production chain in
the municipalities of Leiva, Policarpa and Los Andes of the department of
Nariño, with international impact in the province of Carchi-Ecuador" This
work is presented as an investigative result that contains the analysis of
theoretical and territorial dynamic contributions regarding the construction of
pea ce, education and the economy for rural development.
The book is made up of three
parts: Part 1 gathers sociological, legal and demographic works on the
challenges of peacebuilding with the national and departmental context of
Nariño. and looks at human rights from the perspective of population health and
qua lit y of life. Part 2 presents texts on the dynamics of rural education in
Colombia; national challenges and lessons learned based on case studies of
specific forms of education. Part 3 presents economic analyses regarding the
models that are behind the conception of rural development and the productive
and institutional dynamics of the local sphere for the generation of employment
and income.
AII three parts are relevant
at both the national level and also the more specific area of the department of
Nariño and within this, the Cordillera region. This area, historically affected
by the armed conflict. despite experiencing continuing uncertainty regarding
the resurgence of violence and the increase in illegal crops. has also
reignited hope with regards to finding solutions to the problems seen in the
countryside; through educational, community and productive experiments.
