Agricultural activities: Are those whose economic activity is limited to agriculture, livestock, forestry, aquaculture and fishing. Resolution 261, 2018 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
Agricultural border in Colombia: Defined as “the limit of rural land that separates areas where agricultural activities are allowed, from protected areas, those of special ecological importance, and other areas in which agricultural activities are excluded by law or regulation”. Resolution 261, 2018 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
Agricultural extension: Support process to manage the development of capacities of agricultural producers, their articulation with the environment and access to knowledge, technologies, products and support services, in order to make production competitive and sustainable while contributing to the improvement of family life quality. Therefore, agricultural extension facilitates management of knowledge, diagnosis and solution of problems, exchange of experiences and construction of individual, collective and social capacities. Resolution 464, 2017 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
Agricultural Landscape: According to the publication “Agricultural Landscape - Incorporation in Territorial Planning”, agricultural landscape is a heritage cultural landscape in any part of the territory suitable for agricultural development, as perceived by the population. Its character is the result of actions and interactions between nature and human beings over time, where symbolic appropriation leads to its planning through practices and activities that include agriculture, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and fishing.
Agricultural markets: Includes the space or context where exchange, sale and purchase of agricultural, livestock, aquaculture, fishing, forestry and agro-industrial inputs, goods and services are carried out between purchasing agents, who demand and have the ability to acquire them, and selling agents who offer them. The market can be developed on-site or virtually. Resolution 128, 2017 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
Agricultural production systems: An agricultural production system is defined as a conglomerate of agricultural, livestock, forestry, aquaculture, fisheries productive units, providers of goods and services, which are linked to their territory, under a multifunctional and multisectoral rural perspective. The system appropriates and takes advantage of surpluses created, under a scheme of innovation, productive diversification, territorial competitiveness and sustainability, which creates added value and promotes local development, efficient use of the land, roots of their inhabitants, and recognition of their cultural identity. Resolution 128, 2017 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
Agricultural productive reconversion: Understood as a strategy for managing agricultural systems, which integrates and directs in an orderly manner, actions necessary to achieve an efficient use of soil and water and increase sustainability and competitiveness. In this sense, it seeks to reduce in a comprehensive way, conflicts of use of territory in consideration of the biophysical, ecosystem, social, economic, cultural and scientific-technological dimensions. Some mechanisms of productive reconversion are the creation of added value, agricultural diversification, land adaptation, agricultural conversion, technological changes, and change of crops. Resolution 128, 2017 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR according to its acronym in Spanish).
