Socio economic dynamic of the “bijao” sheet, a sustainable artisanal wrapper

The value chain acts as a catalyst for relationships between agents who interact in order to pursue common objectives. Value chains are constitutive elements of regional development strategies, providing sustainability within a geographical environment and bringing quality and reputation to their ac...

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Autores: Medina Rojas, Iván Darío, Rodríguez Rodríguez, Mayra Alejandra, Higuera Mora, Nubia Carolina, Martínez Izquierdo, Juan Felipe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA)
Repositorio:Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.gvaa.com.br:article/8057
Acceso en línea:https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/8057
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Calathea lutea
Family farming
Productive chains
Endogenous development
Natural wrapper
Agricultura familiar
Cadena productiva
Desarrollo endógeno
Bioempaque
Cadeia produtiva
Desenvolvimento endógeno
Bioembalagem
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Sumario:The value chain acts as a catalyst for relationships between agents who interact in order to pursue common objectives. Value chains are constitutive elements of regional development strategies, providing sustainability within a geographical environment and bringing quality and reputation to their actors. Within the present study, an approach is made to a link within the production of the bocadillo veleño. Which recently received protected designation of origin status and thus there is a safeguard against imitations or similar products that are made outside the geographical area of interest. The municipalities of Vélez, Barbosa, Moniquirá, Puente Nacional and Guavatá, where guava producers, growers, and transformers of “bijao” sheet (Calathea lutea (Aubl.) E. Mey. ex Schult.), product wrap, the central subject of the writing, and bocadillo makers as final product are located. The study takes a sample of 16 farms in which the “bijao” is produced, all of which are located in the municipality of Moniquirá (Boyacá, Colombia), and have or have had some type of relationship with the “Association of bijaderos of the province of Ricaurte” (ASOBIJAO), as integrating agent, and where an approach is made to its socio-economic profile. Perceptions from the study, ratify the need to catapult these efforts that arise from an associative dynamic, which revolves around a product, with national renown, and with some markets established abroad; in which some families benefit, who with their ancestral knowledge, propose an artisanal added value focused on sustainability, since their seal is a natural wrapper of a product that still resists the use of plastic.