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● projectScaled · subnational · 2004
Mercados Campesinos (Central Region of Colombia)
Direct marketing and short-supply-chain process that brings food from peasant farmers in Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima and Meta to Bogotá, eliminating intermediaries and paying a fair price.
illustrative atlas image · Sonny Sixteen / PexelsI(ILSA (Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho Alternativos)OOxfamSDSecretaría Distrital de Desarrollo Económico de Bogotá (SDDE)ÁPÁlvaro Parrado
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01 The context
It was born in 2004 with ILSA and Oxfam, and is coordinated with the SDDE and the Peasant and Communal Dialogue Committee (CICC). It combines sales in public squares with political advocacy for food sovereignty and security.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceHow to improve smallholder market access: Evaluation of Mercados Campesinos in ColombiaAgronomía Colombiana 36(1), Universidad Nacional de Colombia · 2018
EvidenceManual para la Estrategia Mercados Campesinos Bogotanos (adoptado por Resolución 134 de 2025)Secretaría Distrital de Desarrollo Económico de Bogotá · 2025