ECONOMY IQUIRA HUILA

 

economy Iquira Huila

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE: Local economic system has a basic structure common to most municipalities in the department of Huila, based on the existence of a primary sector, where agricultural activities take precedence over the other; a nonexistent secondary sector by the total absence of processing of raw materials and a tertiary sector represented by lower commercial activity from population centers and the provision of basic public services in the community. Primary Sector: All the local economy revolves around agricultural production, with clear predominance of coffee monoculture in areas of medium and high slope above 1,400 masl located in the upper part of the county seat, the areas of Valencia, San Luis and Rio Black with sidewalks. There is an extensive cattle as the predominant activity in the territories located below the town, on the river valleys Alley Iquira lower river.

Also cocoa, cassava, plantain, maize, annual crops such as beans, peas, vegetables, fruit, passion fruit, blackberry, lulo, tree tomato. Secondary Sector: In the absence of agro-processing facilities for local production, it can be said that the development of this sector is too limited to fledgling and artisan dairy processing and other traditional foods. Tertiary Sector: Corresponds to commercial service activities being carried out locally. The commercial activity is centered three operating urban population centers as development hubs for the influence on surrounding communities; It is characterized by retail type and geared to meet the basic needs of the community for both subsistence and family in acquiring agricultural inputs under

A higher level trade develops between Iquira, Black River, Valencia and neighboring urban centers, which function as the final destination of agricultural and livestock production; and as a source for the supply of local merchants. In terms of the most important services are the character of house aqueduct, telephone, electricity and sewage, both in rural and urban centers.

EDITED BY:

• EDGAR EDUARDO TAMAYO BOHADA
• LEIDY MARCELA BUYUCUE HOYOS
• CAMILA CASTRO LAVAO