An understanding of the postulates found in the Political Constitution of Colombia regarding issues related to rural development and food security, among others, are some of the issues that will be addressed in the first part of this document, which in turn are the basis of legislative developments expanded below, such as Law 388 of 1997, Law 1454 of 2011 and Law 1625 of 2013. For each law, some contents and elements are presented, as well as inputs available for the formulation of said contents; the foregoing, from its relationship with rural land use planning, with greater emphasis on rural land management in agriculture and "Management of land for agricultural uses" (Gestua).