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The objective of this newsletter is to give continuity to the analysis of land distribution, which began with the publication “Atlas of the distribution of rural property in Colombia” (IGAC, 2012). It continued with the publication of a book “Analysis of the distribution of rural property in Colombia: methodology and results 2014” (Cuéllar et al., 2018); and now incorporates themes that allow us to delve into aspects related to the main phenomena associated with distribution of rural land.
The objective of this newsletter is to give continuity to the analysis of land distribution, which began with the publication “Atlas of the distribution of rural property in Colombia” (IGAC, 2012). It continued with the publication of a book “Analysis of the distribution of rural property in Colombia: methodology and results 2014” (Cuéllar et al., 2018) and the bulletins "Analysis of the distribution of rural property in Colombia: Results 2015 and 2016", incorporating topics that allow deepening in aspects related to the distribution of rural land.
This guide provides the guidelines, criteria, and tools for conducting, on one hand, the ex-post evaluation of a land improvement program or project, comparing the initial project situation with the conditions of the district now in operation; and, on the other hand, for analyzing the risks, beneficiaries’, and participating institutions' perceptions throughout the entire process, as well as specific evaluations of the social, economic, environmental, and infrastructural impacts on production.
The Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA in Spanish) and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences (Bogotá Headquarters), developed a methodological proposal for the evaluation of lands for zoning with agricultural purposes at a national level, at a scale of 1:25,000. Following proposed guidelines for land evaluation at this level of detail, the proposed methodology includes identification and analysis of criteria related to biophysical, sociocultural, environmental, economic and technological dimensions, in the territories for which the evaluation is carried out. It incorporates the participation of local actors, organizations, institutions and local government.
Since 2014, the Agricultural Rural Planning Unit (UPRA) has carried out suitability zoning on a general scale in Colombia for forest plantations and for the following commercial crops: rubber, cocoa, oil palm, potato, corn with increasing technology in warm weather, mechanized upland rice, Hass avocado, mango, Tainung papaya, strawberry, MD-2 pineapple, onion bulb, Tabasco pepper, paprika, and Diacol Capiro potato. The following are under construction: cotton and sugar cane for panela, as well as at a scale of 1:25,000 for some forest species in different pilot areas in the country.
As part of agreement 124 of 2013 signed between the Rural Land Planning, Land Adaptation and Agricultural Uses Unit -UPRA- and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences, Bogotá headquarters, a methodological proposal was developed for the evaluation of lands with agricultural purposes nationwide. The methodology uses a 1:100,000 scale, and includes biophysical, social, economic and environmental criteria.
