The COVID-19 pandemic as a renewing factor of the rural development model in Colombia

ABSTRACT

This article presents a compilation of the history of rural development in Colombia, through the economic political complex articulated with reality and its conflicts, which have generated an adverse episode for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector an d in turn an impact on the economic, social and cultural level. Afteraward, analyzing the actors, the complexity of the agricultural sector related to land ownership, analyzing the impact of factors such as biological risks, economic openness and peace agreements as new alternatives to generate competitive, sustainable development for communities, environment and territories. Finally, some alternatives are resolved that can achieve favorable changes in the sector, considering the implementation of the peace accords, the decentralization of the country, the recovery of ancestral knowledge and the strengthening of public institutions through research.