The Comprehensive Rural Reform stated in the Peace Agreement seeks for a major transformation of the Colombian countryside, in order to achieve the well-being of its inhabitants, bring development to the regions and eradicate rural poverty.
This point was divided into four main topics: 1) access and use of land, 2) Development Programs with a Territorial-Based Focus (DPTFs); 3) National Sectorial Plans in infrastructure, social development and stimuli for agricultural production; and 4) System for the progressive realization of the right to food.
The objective of this ambitious reform is to close the breach between rural and urban areas in the country, thus settling the historical debt with the Colombian countryside and addressing one of the structural causes of armed conflict.
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