Protierra Catatumbo Program

About the project

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

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

This programme will be implemented in coordination with the National Land Agency, the Land Restitution Unit, the Land Renewal Agency and SENA, contributing to the implementation of the Peace Accords and the PDET Catatumbo. In addition, working closely with the municipalities of Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata, Juntas de Acción Comunal and producers, peasant and ethnic organisations to build the road to peace in Catatumbo.

Rimisp – The Latin American Centre for Rural Development is supporting the strategic planning part of the programme in four components: follow-up/monitoring, associativity, productivity and land.

Specific Activities

  • Activity 1.1 Evaluate the legal restrictions for the formalisation of rural property rights, socialise with families and key actors at territorial level the legal routes for the formalisation of 5,100 rural properties in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 1.2 Provide legal and technical advice to families to formalise 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 formalisation of urban properties and public law entities, and multipurpose cadastral updating.
  • 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 local level.
  • Activity 3.1 Identify and characterise 45 associations of small producers and agree on plans for the integral strengthening of businesses and markets.
  • Activity 3.2 Develop the technical, administrative and financial capacity of 45 associations of small agricultural producers in Tibú, El Tarra and Sardinata.
  • Activity 3.3 Improve the productive infrastructure for the processing and marketing of producer associations and strengthen their link with local, regional and national markets.

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