The Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López Montaño, announced this Friday, November 11, from Valledupar, that met the goal of massive titling of 681,372 hectares for peasants, indigenous people and Afro-descendants.
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“When we started this process, the goal was that by November 15 we would have that number of titled hectares. Thanks to the work of the National Land Agency, we met that goal four days earlier. But the work does not stop because the massive titling continues in all the departments to comply with point one of the Havana Peace Agreement”, the minister pointed out.
The departments with benefited families are Cauca with 4,317, Cesar with 4,015, Boyacá with 3,702 and 3,846. Regarding the number of titled properties, Boyacá had 3,702 occupying the first place. Followed by Cauca with 2,362 and Huila with 1,604.
The places where they were reported more women benefited were Magdalena (497), Antioquia (486) and Nariño (504) and the largest number of men who received the degree were in Putumayo (592), Nariño (556) and Antioquia (534). Boyacá, with 3,702, is the department with the most beneficiary peasants. They are followed by Cauca (2,292) and Huila (1,585).
In her speech before representatives of the indigenous communities of different departments, the minister added that “lhe agrarian reform, as part of the comprehensive rural reform, is being carried out. All we’re doing here is putting peace back on the country’s agenda.”.
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Both the families and the communities benefited from this regularization process will now be able to access the programs that the Government has arranged for comprehensive rural development and that their lands become productive systems that improve their quality of life and their economic income.
“When the title is not legalized, it is impossible to have access to public policies, it is impossible to have access to credit, not only with the State but with the private sector. With the title it becomes legal and you can go to public or private institutions to request aid to produce, that is why this is transcendental”, reiterated the minister.
For Gerardo Vega, director of the National Land Agency, this goal demonstrates the Government’s commitment to agrarian reform and the country’s rural population. “The objectives of the ANT are to deliver hectares, especially to women who do not have land, and to formalize those people who are on the land, but who do not have the titles,” she specified.
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