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MOJICA-RAMOS, Lorena et al. Characterization and typification of Canna edulis L. agroindustrial systems in Colombia’s main producing areas. Siembra [online]. 2025, vol.12, n.2, e7133. ISSN 2477-8850.  https://doi.org/10.29166/siembra.v12i2.7133.

Edible canna (Canna edulis Ker-Gawler) agro-industrial system is of economic and cultural importance for more than 3,000 Colombian farming families due to the deep-rooted tradition of production, processing, and consumption of processed starch. The detailed knowledge of production dynamics allows the establishment of technological strategies aimed at improving the conditions of this productive line. With the objective of characterizing this agro-industrial system and identifying typologies of productive units to maximize the impact of technological generation and innovation processes in Colombia, 203 surveys were carried out in the main producing municipalities of the country. Information on 120 socioeconomic and technical variables was registered, of which 19 were selected for typification with multifactorial analysis by principal components where groupings of productive units were constructed. It was determined that the agro-industrial system is of the family-type, with conventional production technology and heterogeneity in the regions studied. Three typologies were identified per region, differentiated by lower, intermediate, and higher technological levels. The predominance of family farming within the regional typologies identified allows establishing the need to develop cultivation technologies that are easy to implement and use resources external to the farms, the rescue of sustainable family cultural practices, and the adaptation of processing technologies which allow a more efficient water use, improve starch quality, obtain economies of scale, and achieve greater bargaining power for producers under associative schemes.

Palavras-chave : edible canna; rural agro-industries; rhizome; starch; producing families; typology.

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