This paper places the current proposals for agrarian reform in their historical and economic context. It traces vicissitudes of the reform process from the “Ley 136” of 1961 to the present. The author considers three broad phases: the gradual evolution of the reform movement from 1962 to...

This article is based on three previous studies about land tenancy in the regions covered by the Integrated Rural Development Program (DRI) of Córdoba (1986), Sucre and Atlántico (1987). It discusses the main ideas, concerning the agrarian reform, found in these studies, as follows: 1. the...

This paper makes a recount from 1874 as far as today, of the politics which the Colombian state has intended to modify the agrarian structure in this country. Last century colonization laws, the 1936's 200 Law, the 1961's 135 Law and, in short, the more recent projects are presented, both the...

The first part of this work considers the evolution of coffee income in relation to the variables which affect it, such as: the retention, the ad valorem tax, and the domestic buying prices, Over the years 1975-1984. Three sub-periods can be distinguished: (a) 1975-1977: of rapidly rising real...

La reducci6n en el número de explotaciones campesinas entre los censos agro pecuarios de 1960y 1970-1971 setomaron por loste6ricosmarxistasynomarxistas como el inicio del triunfo de la agricultura capitalista. Sin embargo, los datos de 1988 sobre los predios del IGAC y explotaciones de Penagro...

La apertura agrícola abatió el crecimiento agropecuario en 1992. En 1993 el crecimiento global fluctúa entre el 2.3% estimado por los gremios y el 2.7% del Gobierno e indicando una recuperación que para éste último es resultado de su política de reactivación y para los primeros del mejor...