Cattle ranching in Colombia: A monolithic industry?

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dc.creatorCampuzano, Lorena
dc.creatorTriana Ángel, Natalia
dc.creatorBurkart, Stefan
dc.date2022-08-16
dc.date2022-09-05T10:02:36Z
dc.date2022-09-05T10:02:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:26:04Z
dc.descriptionThis article analyzes literature on the history of cattle ranching and agricultural innovation adoption in Colombia to understand how livestock production systems have evolved from the 1950s until today. Departing from new scholarship that has questioned the idea that cattle ranching has been only a land-grabbing strategy dominated by few elites, this article focuses on the adoption of improved pastures and the role of key institutions such as the CIAT on the transformation of practices and the shortcomings of technification. It shows that Colombia has had big transformations with the introduction of improved pastures, particularly Brachiaria, but these transformations did not translate into a radical change in the dominant extensive livestock production systems. Instead of promoting intensification, the adoption of Brachiaria has allowed producers to expand more, often resulting in large deforestation. One of the main contributions of this article is the analysis of economic, developmentalist, and institutional reports that are not often used to construct historical analysis. It can also serve to scholars interested on adoption of agricultural techniques.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/121081
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/59264
dc.languageen
dc.publisherHistoria Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribena - HALAC
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCampuzano, L.; Triana-Ángel, N.; Burkart, S. (2022). Cattle ranching in Colombia: A monolithic industry? Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) Revista de la Solcha 12(2) p. 81–106. ISSN: 2237-2717
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectextensive husbandry
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectinnovation adoptio
dc.subjectagricultural prices
dc.subjectganado bovino
dc.subjectganadería extensiva
dc.subjecttecnología
dc.subjectadopción de innovaciones
dc.subjectbrachiaria
dc.titleCattle ranching in Colombia: A monolithic industry?
dc.titleLa ganadería bovina en Colombia: ¿una industria monolítica?
dc.typeJournal Article

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