José Aleandro Aguilar, S.J.
Colombian Jesuit currently working as assistant to the Rector of the Javeriana University in the city of Cali, in strategic planning, sustainable campus management and support for research, teaching and social outreach projects in agro-ecological and environmental aspects. He worked for 25 years advising rural communities in local and regional sustainability projects in the Colombian departments of Valle del Cauca and Nariño. His latest publications are a collection of booklets on the agroecological experience of Villa Loyola, in Nariño (which can be consulted in the files attached to this publication).
Agricultural production systems in place before the first Green Revolution were described as traditional systems. The environmental, economic, social, and cultural destruction caused by the Green Revolution subsequently led, in the 1970s, to the search for alternatives to mitigate damages. The recovery of traditional agricultural knowledge and practices guided and framed this undertaking. The dialogue between interdisciplinary teams of NGOs and certain academics contributed to the recovery and exceptionally, support from departments or state agencies in the agricultural sector of a few countries.
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