Published

2007-07-01

Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains.

Keywords:

Agrifood system, Developing countries, Economic development, International foods Trade, Non-commodities agricultural outputs. (es)

Authors

  • Alejandro Cotes Torres
  • Nicolás Urbina Rojas
  • José Miguel Cotes Torres
Nowadays is recognized that the agriculture goes beyond that only the food production, so the concept of agricultural multifunctionality is introduced in order to describe this fact, recovering the true sense of the agriculture, and classifying its functions in three groups: 1) food security, 2) environment, and 3) socio cultural. In each one of these functions, the agricultural production systems generate two categories of products: a) the traditional outputs (commodities), such as food, fibers and energy, and b) the non traditional outputs (non-commodities), which included aspects related with the environment and territory, employment, human resources and work, food safety and quality, animal welfare, food security and economic autonomy of the rural regions among others. Finally, we explore the evolution that agricultural production systems have had from a productivist focus toward a model where the new paradigm is the multifunctional agriculture, where the developing countries could have an important place.

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APA

Cotes Torres, A., Urbina Rojas, N. and Cotes Torres, J. M. (2007). Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains. Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 60(2), 3839–3857. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408

ACM

[1]
Cotes Torres, A., Urbina Rojas, N. and Cotes Torres, J.M. 2007. Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains. Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín. 60, 2 (Jul. 2007), 3839–3857.

ACS

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Cotes Torres, A.; Urbina Rojas, N.; Cotes Torres, J. M. Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains. Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín 2007, 60, 3839-3857.

ABNT

COTES TORRES, A.; URBINA ROJAS, N.; COTES TORRES, J. M. Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains. Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, [S. l.], v. 60, n. 2, p. 3839–3857, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Cotes Torres, Alejandro, Nicolás Urbina Rojas, and José Miguel Cotes Torres. 2007. “Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains”. Revista Facultad Nacional De Agronomía Medellín 60 (2):3839-57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408.

Harvard

Cotes Torres, A., Urbina Rojas, N. and Cotes Torres, J. M. (2007) “Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains”., Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 60(2), pp. 3839–3857. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408 (Accessed: 28 March 2024).

IEEE

[1]
A. Cotes Torres, N. Urbina Rojas, and J. M. Cotes Torres, “Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains”., Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 3839–3857, Jul. 2007.

MLA

Cotes Torres, A., N. Urbina Rojas, and J. M. Cotes Torres. “Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains”. Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, vol. 60, no. 2, July 2007, pp. 3839-57, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408.

Turabian

Cotes Torres, Alejandro, Nicolás Urbina Rojas, and José Miguel Cotes Torres. “Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains”. Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín 60, no. 2 (July 1, 2007): 3839–3857. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408.

Vancouver

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Cotes Torres A, Urbina Rojas N, Cotes Torres JM. Multifmultifunctional agriculture and integration of farming production systems within agribusiness chains. Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín [Internet]. 2007 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];60(2):3839-57. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/refame/article/view/24408

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