Local economic system has a basic structure common to most Municpios Huila Department, based on the existence of a primary sector, where agricultural activities take precedence over others; a secondary sector with the transformation of raw materials and a tertiary sector represented by lower commercial activity from population centers and the provision of basic public services community. All local economic system revolves tornoa agricultural production, with clear predominance of coffee monoculture in areas of outstanding medium and high above 1400 m located in the upper part of the municipal head, areas of Valencia, San Luis and Rio Negro with her paths. There is extensive livestock farming, as the predominant activity in the territories located below the village, on the river valleys Alley Iquira lower river. Also cacao, cassava, plantain, maize, semi-annual crops such as beans, peas, vegetables, fruit, passion fruit, blackberry, lulo, tree tomato. The commercial activity is centered three population centers operating as urban development poles by the influence exerted on adjacent communities; It is characterized by retail type and geared to meet the basic needs of the community for both family subsistence and the acquisition of smaller agricultural inputs. A higher level trade develops between Iquira, Rio Negro, Valencia and neighboring urban centers, which serve as final destination of agricultural and livestock production; and as a source for the supply of local merchants.
By: Laura Sofía Tamayo Zúñiga 10-02
