Food Magazine November 2014 | Page 97

LATIN AMERICA
In this regard , the SAC is , by law , an advisory body of the Government in the field of agriculture and participates in its own right , inter alia : the boards of the National Apprenticeship Service , Sena , the Colombian Agricultural Institute , ICA , the Colombian Institute Rural Development , Incoder , the Colombian Corporation of Agricultural , Corpoica Research , the Permanent Commission on Wage and Labour Policies , also on the board of the Fund for Financing the Agricultural Sector , Finagro .
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The Colombian Agricultural Society is the only guild leadership that exists in the country , i . e ., the union of unions . This constitutes a valuable institutional and organizational development , thanks to the wisdom and foresight of farmers and industry associations .
The existence of producer associations and their leadership responds to two distinct problems . The first exercise as spokesman and representative of their particular products and procedures and relevant negotiations , the dome devotes his attention to the general interests of all producers of agriculture and its alignment with the interests of the nation . Consequently , the SAC coordinates and express the positions of the agricultural sector in aspects of welfare policies of the rural population , prices , credit , land reform , suitability , land , research , innovation and technology transfer , management of natural resources , marketing of agricultural products ,
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