El desarrollo de la agroindustria del biocombustible y la seguridad alimentaria en Colombia

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze how the development of biofuel agroindustry in Colombia affects the country's food security. Through a descriptive-analytical analysis that aims to show, and make a synthesis, about the relationship between the development of agro-industry and the phenomenon of food security. With a scope of only doing a literary review and collect statistics on biofuel production and food production. As a result, the development of biofuel agroindustry has 5 plants for the production of ethanol and 7 plants for the production of biodiesel. It is understood that for the production of these large extensions of land is needed, altering the use of the soil for the production of food. But despite the rates of malnutrition and malnutrition represent an adverse reality for food security. Which allows us to conclude that food security is located in those regions where the biofuel industry has had its greatest development.