More than 400 farmers and members of ethnic communities attend the event at the University of Cundinamarca, in the central city of Fusagasuga.

On Thursday, Agriculture Minister Martha Carvajalino; and Cultures, Arts, and Knowledge Minister Juan David Correa; penned the Fusagasuga Declaration in which farmers were acknowledged as guardians of biodiversity, and seven points were included to end the sector’s stigmatization.

Carvajalino considered the Summit as a space to listen and learn from the experiences and success stories of the country’s farmers, as there will only be agrarian and environmental justice when their voices are included in the decisions and measures that promote the planet’s sustainability.

She added that “peace with nature is not possible without the knowledge of peasants and ethnic communities, the great guardians of soils, rivers, and seas, the great custodians of the environment, the guarantors of the biodiversity’s conservation.”

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