Abstract

BECERRA-PERENGUEZ, Durley Yohanna; ACOSTA-ASTAIZA, Claudia Patricia  and  LEYTON-LUNA, Javier. Water resource management in rural areas, through community strengthening strategies. Entramado [online]. 2024, vol.20, n.1, pp.1-.  Epub May 07, 2024. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.1.10054.

Community strengthening based on participatory strategies is a process that organizes, promotes, and generates transformations to improve water resource management in rural areas. Objective: Show the community strengthening strategies based on the principles of social appropriation of knowledge for the improvement of water resource management in a specific rural area of the department of Cauca. Methodology: An exploratory qualitative research study was carried out by implementing rural community strengthening strategies for water resource management, oriented under the five principles of the National Policy for Social Appropriation of Knowledge. Results: The survey of contexts through work with focus groups and social mapping evidenced environmental and social problems, highlighting the intercultural conflict between indigenous and peasant populations. The participation strategies used allowed the co-creation of an action agenda for transformation at the watershed, aqueduct system, school, and household levels. Conclusion: Community participation is an essential component that allows effective prioritization of the challenges associated with water resources. In addition, it facilitated the planning of transformative actions and the implementation of sustainable solutions through the collective construction of knowledge. These findings highlight the importance of integrating community participation and the principles of Social Appropriation of Knowledge to comprehensively and effectively address water management challenges in rural territories.

Keywords : Social appropriation of knowledge; water resources management; community participation; community empowerment.

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