Agricultural Public Policies in Colombia From the 1970s Through the Uribe Government – the Story of Recurrent Unresolved Policy Issues

The present article discusses the development of agricultural policies between the 1970s and the two periods of government of President Álvaro Uribe-Vélez. The agricultural policies are analyzed in their wider framework of relevant, general aspects of the economy in Colombia. It is argued that the c...

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Autor Principal: Szegedy-Maszák, Ildikó; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: eng
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2017
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnijuri/article/view/18597
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Sumario: The present article discusses the development of agricultural policies between the 1970s and the two periods of government of President Álvaro Uribe-Vélez. The agricultural policies are analyzed in their wider framework of relevant, general aspects of the economy in Colombia. It is argued that the challenges of agricultural policies are constant and repetitive since the beginning of the analyzed period: debate about production structure – large scale production versus small farming, production for industrial use and food production; levels of protection of national market versus integration into the international market; competitiveness