Aprovechamiento frutícola y hortícola a partir del desperdicio en el territorio del Valle del Cauca

Abstract

Colombia is a country known for its vegetation, its geographical location and its tropical climate as well as having land in conditions to carry out the cultivation and agriculture process. The cultivation process is carried out in 4 zones in which the climate must be taken into account to obtain a product that meets the specifications, since rainy or dry seasons occur with the presence of some rainfall that can cause the Crops do not develop properly. Based on this information, the resulting product “fruits and vegetables” are products that are desired by the foreign market, which has been used to increase exports in the country, however, this action has not minimized the deficiency that it presents with the loss and / or waste of these products. The objective of this study is to determine and find the causes that have been related to these events of waste and loss which are addressed with aspects from pests, production decisions, climate changes, lack of logistics and technology, deficiencies in infrastructure and capacity, even bad distribution channels and market chains, in addition to bad consumption habits and lack of strategic coordination between the sectors, which has led to the impact of the sustainability of food systems which can put security at risk food