@article{Caro:335231,
      recid = {335231},
      author = {Caro, María Alejandra Taborda and Vargas, Rubén Darío  Sepúlveda and Otero, Carmen Auxiliadora Ortega},
      title = {Qualitative indicators for community water resilience in  floodable areas: Agricultural pantry of La Mojana,  Colombia},
      journal = {Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy},
      address = {2023-05-05},
      number = {2372-2023-1306},
      month = {May},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {The subregion of La Mojana is a national geostrategic  region. It includes the basins of the rivers Magdalena,  Cauca, and San Jorge. This location has abundant wetlands,  zapales (particular marshes from the region), and swamps  where there are cyclical floodings and droughts. This  region is also considered to be a great reservoir of  freshwater, very rich in biodiversity and a place with  productive wetlands. It is considered a food reservoir, and  despite its cattle-raising tradition, 20% of the rice  consumed in Colombia is cultivated here. In addition, it  consists of water and land ecosystems that stimulate an  agricultural, cattle raising and fishery base: productive  fields which generate 90% of the economic productivity of  the area. Between 2021 and 2022, frequent and historical  floodings affected 24253 acres of agricultural land,  especially the 9633.2 acres of rice crops. There has also  been registered some damage to other production units such  as corn (645.2 acres), plantain (194.5 acres), cows (6757),  pigs (6083), horses (603), poultry (40287), and more than  550000 fish. According to the Register of Victims (Registro  Único de Damnificados, in Spanish), no less than 45000  people were affected by the winter wave in 2021. In order  to achieve the objectives stated in this article, three  phases will be developed: the first one involves the  construction of the conceptual framework, explaining the  nature of the community water resilience category and the  pre-identification of the categories and dimensions that  are going to be used in the construction of the indicators.  In the second phase, a methodological description is  established. Finally, in the third phase, an estimation of  the qualitative indicators is formulated. The results will  help decision makers to generate projects that minimize the  damages caused by the flooding.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335231},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.335231},
}