The planning of the agricultural sector as an axis of the provincial development strategy in Pinar del Rio

Abstract

The current international environment presupposes the promotion of territorial development strategies as a pressing alternative to the imposing globalization that expands every minute, our country is in search of alternatives within the global economic crisis and the increasing price of Food, and the need to enhance strategic planning from the public management of local governments, as an opportunity for local actors to assume their true role and contribute from a decisive position to the improvement of living conditions Within their provinces. Special emphasis is given to the agricultural sector by its impact on the satisfaction of the basic needs of the population and the weight it has in order to guarantee the food and nutritional security that has been declared a priority of national security. The general objective is to base a proposal of mission, axes and programs prioritized of the agricultural sector of the province of Pinar del Río. For this, the main theoretical and methodological foundations on the process of designing territorial development strategies are systematized; And assesses the current situation of the strategic planning process in the management of local agrarian development in the context of the province of Pinar del Rio.