Protierra Catatumbo Program

About the project

Thanks to the acceptance and community participation generated by Mercy Corps ‘ Protierra Tibú Program (2019 – 2023), which formalized 1,100 property rights for farming families and improved their food sovereignty and security, the Protierra Catatumbo Program will be implemented.

Over the next seven years, rural families in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata will receive support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, with the objective of developing a sustainable rural economy, expanding property rights, replacing illicit economies and strengthening agricultural production, benefiting 4,800 small producers.

This program will be executed in coordination with the National Land Agency, the Land Restitution Unit, the Land Renewal Agency and SENA, contributing to the implementation of the Peace Agreements and the PDET Catatumbo. In addition, working closely with the Mayor’s Offices of Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata, the Community Action Boards and producer, peasant and ethnic organizations to build the road to peace in Catatumbo.

Rimisp – Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural is supporting the strategic planning part of the program in four components: follow-up/monitoring, associativity, productivity and land.

Specific Activities

  • Activity 1.1 Evaluate the legal restrictions for the formalization of rural property rights, socialize with families and key stakeholders at the territorial level the legal routes for the formalization of 5,100 rural properties in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 1.2 Provide legal and technical assistance to families to formalize rural properties in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 1.3 Strengthen the Municipal Land Office of the Municipal Mayor’s Office of Tibú for the formalization of urban properties and public law entities, and the multipurpose cadastral update.
  • Activity 2.1 Establish agricultural crops to improve the flow of food security and sovereignty for 4,800 families in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 2.2 Sign voluntary coca crop substitution agreements with 2,500 families and agree on a plan for income substitution and economic and social transition activity
  • Activity 2.3 Provide on-site technical assistance and productive infrastructure for the establishment and improvement of agricultural productivity and marketing channels for 4,800 families.
  • Activity 2.4 Promote the prevention of gender-based violence, gender equity and strengthen women’s participation in decision-making at the local level.
  • Activity 3.1 Identify and characterize 45 associations of small producers and coordinate plans for the integral strengthening of businesses and markets.
  • Activity 3.2 Develop the technical, administrative and financial capacity of 45 associations of small farmers in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 3.3 Improve the productive infrastructure for processing and marketing of producer associations and strengthen their link with local, regional and national markets.

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