The communitarian organization for agroecological production as a resistance strategy for women in the Colombian Caribbean region

Abstract

In Montes de María, the expansion of agro-industrial monocultures such as oil palm transformed peasant production, the environment, and the community's relationship with the land. Driven by the state and multiple forms of violence, this expansion altered food systems, increasing rural vulnerability. Land and water grabbing weakened peasant economies. In response, community agroecological processes emerged as forms of resistance. Experiences such as that of the San Cayetano Women's Agricultural Association promote alternative food systems and the biocultural defense of the territory, while strengthening food sovereignty and challenging gender relations in the subregion.