PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A FARMER-BASED ORGANIZATION, A LOOK FROM THE AGROECOLOGICAL COFFEE GROUNDS

Abstract

Centralized planning in a bureaucratic context led to pragmatism in the preparation of development plans. These plans generally related to the productive sector implied changes in the organizational forms for their implementation, leaving aside the participation of the peasant base. Through organization and mobilization, the peasants achieved attention to their demands. Currently, organizations have been evaluated with administrative and managerial tools, finding managerial deficiencies in the integration of organizational plans. This article addresses a case study of a peasant-based organization with the objective of identifying the processes present in the integration of plans and the dimensions of development in a group that, reactively in the face of a moment of crisis, evolved to integrate plans of organizational development. A systematization of the information generated from the organization and in-depth interviews with six key informants was carried out in the period from January to June 2022. As a result, a closer understanding of the processes present in the integration of endogenous self-management plans was achieved. from the peasant base, in a local context with global influence. Organizational development increased its complexity by integrating the dimensions of development into the implementation of planning. The plan contributed to the management of the resilience of an organization, based on networks of participation and collaboration. The integration of plans can be noted as an evolutionary process in a dynamic, changing and permanent context.