Impacts of the transition from family farming to monoculture farming on the eating habits of two cities in the Valle de Tenza, Boyacá-Colombia

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ID5168939
AuthorsJennifer Lorena Avendaño Zambrano (0000-0001-5011-8419, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, corresponding author), Denise Dias Da Cruz (0000-0003-4775-7775), Flavia De Oliveira Paulino (0000-0001-6377-3594, Universidade Federal da Paraíba)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnic Foods (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2352-6181 • E-ISSN: 2352-619X
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s42779-022-00137-4
OpenAlexW4285726160
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

The Valle de Tenza region, located in the Department of Boyacá-Colombia, shows a transition situation from the family farming of various food crops to coffee farming following an agribusiness model. From this perspective, in order to understand the current scenario of food sovereignty in Guateque and Guayatá, two cities of the Valle de Tenza, this study evaluated socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural aspects based on questionnaires and semi-structured interviews applied to peasant families that practice family farming and/or coffee farming. Moreover, these same aspects were also evaluated among urban food consumers. These evaluations aimed to assess the perception of the interviewees about the availability of regional food crops and current eating habits in relation to those from a decade or more ago, in addition to investigating their knowledge about the traditional cuisine of the region. The cultivation of regional food crops used to prepare local and regional traditional dishes such aspiquete,sancocho, and differentamasijosbased on corn andsagú(Maranta arundinacea) has been significantly reduced. The investigation revealed changes in the eating habits of the Valle de Tenza inhabitants due to the consumption of processed foods and the reduced cultivation of local traditional food crops. As a consequence of this transition to coffee production, the most representative traditional foods are being replaced by more profitable crops, including coffee and some fruits not traditionally grown in the Valle de Tenza and with more local and regional acceptance. This reduction can affect food availability and change the gastronomic and cultural identity of the Valle de Tenza population, among other aspects related to food sovereignty

Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Agronomy · Economics · Food processing · Geography · Monoculture · Peasant · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices · Organic Food and Agriculture

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