Major
Environmental Science
Anticipated Graduation Year
2021
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
This project explores different approaches to the improvement of cattle ranching in Colombia by comparing the language, practices, and motivations of three groups of participants: sustainable cattle ranching project managers, traditional and non-conventional cattle ranchers, and agroecologists. Separate semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant. All 3 questionnaires included questions that refer to the eight key drivers of scalable agroecological movements identified by Gimenez Cacho et al (2018). The participants’ answers were qualitatively analyzed to draw differences and similarities and identify if the current strategies for the improvement of cattle ranching practices in Colombia are aligned with the ranchers’ experiences.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Mariana Valencia Mestre, PhD, Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability.
Streaming Media
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Contrasting Approaches to Implementing Agroecological Cattle Ranching in Colombia
This project explores different approaches to the improvement of cattle ranching in Colombia by comparing the language, practices, and motivations of three groups of participants: sustainable cattle ranching project managers, traditional and non-conventional cattle ranchers, and agroecologists. Separate semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant. All 3 questionnaires included questions that refer to the eight key drivers of scalable agroecological movements identified by Gimenez Cacho et al (2018). The participants’ answers were qualitatively analyzed to draw differences and similarities and identify if the current strategies for the improvement of cattle ranching practices in Colombia are aligned with the ranchers’ experiences.