Contribution of local knowledge in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) to the well-being of cocoa families in Colombia: A response from the relationship

Gutiérrez García Gustavo Adolfo, Gutiérrez-Montes Isabel, Suárez Salazar Juan Carlos, Casanoves Fernando, Gutiérrez Suárez David Ricardo, Hernández-Núñez Héctor Eduardo, Flora Cornelia Butler, Sibelet Nicole. 2024. Contribution of local knowledge in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) to the well-being of cocoa families in Colombia: A response from the relationship. Agriculture and Human Values, 24 p.

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion

Résumé : The concept of well-being of rural families is part of a theory under construction in which new theoretical elements are constantly being incorporated. This research aims to determine the influence of farmers' knowledge on the well being of cocoa growing families in the departments of Santander, Huila, Meta and Caquetá, Colombia. Four categories of farmers were identified with different levels of knowledge in the management of cocoa cultivation obtained through a cluster analysis. The well-being of cocoa farmers, understood as the balance in the capital endowment of rural households, was obtained through the application of a semi-structured interview with 49 variables of human, cultural, social, political, natural, built, and financial capitals. The results show that cocoa knowledge is heterogeneous in the study area, with a slight improvement towards harvesting, post-harvest and transformation links. There is a positive relationship between cocoa knowledge and the well-being of cocoa farming families. Thus, producers with greater integral knowledge, with emphasis on post-harvest and bean transformation links, showed greater well-being. The Random Forest analysis identified that human capital (political, social, human, and cultural) made the greatest contribution to well-being. The findings show that cocoa knowledge contributes to the well-being of rural households to the extent that it favors vertical relationships (linkages with local governments) and horizontal relationships of producers (participation of association managers, sharing knowledge with friends, neighbors and partners, and cocoa training).

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Theobroma cacao, fève de cacao, petite exploitation agricole, forêt tropicale humide, exploitation agricole familiale, agriculture durable, agroécologie, sociologie rurale, agriculture familiale, sociologie, connaissance locale

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Colombie

Mots-clés libres : Cacao farmers, Agriculture, Community capitals framework, Cocoa training

Classification Agris : E90 - Structure agraire
E80 - Économie familiale et artisanale

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Gutiérrez García Gustavo Adolfo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL) - auteur correspondant
• Gutiérrez-Montes Isabel, CATIE (CRI)
• Suárez Salazar Juan Carlos, University of Amazonia (COL)
• Casanoves Fernando, CATIE (CRI)
• Gutiérrez Suárez David Ricardo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Hernández-Núñez Héctor Eduardo, Universidad de la Amazonia (COL)
• Flora Cornelia Butler, Iowa State University (USA)
• Sibelet Nicole, CIRAD-ES-UMR INNOVATION (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2107-6376

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/611089/)

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