Over the last five decades, the total area cultivated with sugarcane in Colombia has increased by 280%. The consolidation of the sugarcane agroindustrial cluster has been based on a process of modernization that has included the aerial spraying of more than 783,442 kg of glyphosate since 2001. The resulting increase in productivity for the sugar mills has been accompanied by what we refer to as “toxic dispossession” of ethnic communities in the Alto Cauca region. This article presents a critical examination of modern-day agroindustrial activities, particularly those pertaining to the chemical maturation of sugarcane, and provides evidence for the environmental and social damage that the industry has generated for rural ethnic communities, whose well-being, livelihoods and traditional territories have deteriorated rapidly.

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毒物处置：关于哥伦比亚甘蔗农业加工业空中使用草甘膦的社会影响

在过去的五年里，哥伦比亚的甘蔗种植总面积增加了 280%。甘蔗农工业集群的整合建立在现代化进程的基础上，其中包括自 2001 年以来空中喷洒超过 783,442 公斤草甘膦。由此带来的糖厂生产力的提高伴随着我们所说的“ Alto Cauca 地区种族社区的有毒剥夺”。本文对现代农业工业活动进行了批判性研究，特别是与甘蔗化学成熟相关的活动，并提供了该行业对农村少数民族社区造成的环境和社会破坏的证据，他们的福祉、生计和传统领土迅速恶化。