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Sustainable Improvement in Agricultural/Livestock Production in Marginal and Isolated Communities in Latin America

Abstract:

Improving living conditions in marginal and isolated areas in Latin America poses an especially difficult challenge because it calls for viable and sustainable interventions. That is why it is necessary to identify methodologies that can effectively address the main issues recognized by these rural communities themselves. The families and organizations interviewed in areas with conditions of marginalization and isolation regarded food insecurity as the major problem, and most related it to their lack of resources to improve inputs and tools. Local organizations have handled this situation in two ways: by delivering these elements directly or by granting credits to make it possible to acquire them. A comparative analysis of these two options indicates that credit has yielded the best results in terms of the methodology’s continued applicability and the amount of capital generated for the community.