El rol de los recursos locales en la evolución de la agroindustria rural del almidón agrio de yuca en el Departamento del Cauca, Colombia

摘要

The production of bitter starch from cassava in the department of Cauca involves a complex system of agro-enterprises, processors, agriculturists, intermediaries, equipment-manufacturers and organizations that offer support services. Local resources like know-how, the networks of actors and their history of collective action, the product, and specific ecological conditions have allowed the evolution and growth of this complex concentration of rural agro-enterprises. This communication describes the history and evolution of the system, and how local resources have been brought together in that evolution.