Challenges and contributions of women workers in the agricultural sector in the Sibaté region

Abstract

The flower industry appeared forty years ago in fields dedicated to agriculture in the Bogotá savanna such as Madrid, Mosquera and Funza among others, in these forty years of activity in the flower sector it grew and became the fourth industry in the country. In 1995 the export of flowers to foreign countries begins, one of the most relevant factors of floriculture is its human capital, the vast majority of which are women who are hired en masse due to qualities such as delicacy, patience and low salary that they are willing to receive for the tasks they perform.