Diagnosis of the peasant family farming system and its contribution to the food security of a peasant family in the San Antonio de Atenas village, Florencia, Caquetá

Abstract

This paper reflects on the potential of agricultural practices that employ peasant family farming to satisfy inherent needs to enjoy a healthy, vital and prosperous life in the face of problems such as climate change, inequity, inaccessibility, poor food, among others. An investigation was carried out with a peasant family that develops agricultural activities on their rural property with the objective of identifying the contribution of peasant family agriculture to their food security. The study was carried out in the department of Caquetá, in the municipality of Florencia, Orteguaza district, San Antonio de Atenas village, La Cabaña plot, with the Farfán Muños family. For this, a qualitative interview was carried out in which the productive history, the agricultural activities that they carry out and the practices used were known; A characterization of their productive activities was carried out, emphasizing the forms of production, the benefits of good practices to produce and their accessibility to food. The results obtained show that the agricultural activities carried out by the Farfán peasant family contribute and benefit their food security and provide economic satisfaction. It was known that they have affordable access to food, most of it of good quality produced by themselves organically and have food stability in any period to satisfy their nutritional needs, it was possible to evidence the ties of family union, neighborhood solidarity and future projection.