CHARACTERIZATION AND TYPIFICATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM ATTRIBUTES OF PEASANT FAMILY FARMING IN THE CORMECHOQUE RIVER MICROBASIN

According to Andina (2011) the Peasant Agroecological Family Agriculture (AFAC) is proposed as an agriculture characterized by family workforce mainly; marked dependence on the goods and services provided by the natural (ecological) environment and its own agroecosystem; small and highly diversified production scale; development of its own technology adapted to its ecological, social and cultural condition; and immersed in the development dynamics of its community and region. The objective of this work was to identify the ecosystemic attributes of peasant family production units in the Cormechoque River microbasin, in Boyaca. The characterization is the description of the main attributes of the interactions between the components of the productive system. Typification refers to the establishment and construction of possible types of producers based on the characteristics observed (Mora et al., 2011). Visits were made to the respective productive units, as well as interviews and surveys to the producers. The presence and impact of variables such as: soil management, water management, agricultural diversity, agricultural practices, family, and housing were evaluated. Multivariate statistical analysis was done obtaining 4 differentiated groups with similar characteristics within each group. Their distribution percentage were 26.7%, 23.3%, 23.3% and 26.7%, respectively. Keywords: Peasant Family Agriculture; agroecosystems; social technologies; peasant economy. Se entiende la Agricultura Familiar Agroecologica Campesina (AFA C), como aquella agricultura que se caracteriza por utilizar principalmente mano de obra familiar; tiene una marcada dependencia por los bienes y servicios que le provee el entorno natural (ecologico) y su propio agroecosistema; trabaja a una escala de produccion pequena y altamente diversificada; desarrolla tecnologias sociales apropiadas para su condicion ecologica, social y cultural; y, esta inmersa en la dinamica de desarrollo de su comunidad y region. El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar los atributos ecosistemicos de unidades de produccion familiar campesina en la microcuenca del rio Cormechoque en Boyaca. La caracterizacion es la descripcion de los principales atributos de las interacciones entre los componentes del sistema productivo. La tipificacion explica el establecimiento y construccion de grupos posibles de productores basados en las caracteristicas observadas en la realidad. Se hicieron visitas a las respectivas unidades p