The C-Factor: Community as a Dynamizing Force in Solidarity Organizations
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Luz Miriam Valencia Velásquez 
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Luis Alberto Gallego Moná
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
This article is the result of research conducted in associations and cooperatives of small and medium-size
agricultural producers linked to the solidarity economy in the Sinifaná and San Juan areas of southeast
Antioquia, Colombia. The article examines the community factor, or C-factor, as a factor that integrates
the collective goals of these organizations, which seek to satisfy the needs, aspirations and wishes of
the people, families and communities where they operate. While an ethnographic qualitative approach
was used as the starting point for the methodology in this research, it incorporates both qualitative and
quantitative techniques, allowing an understanding of the dynamics of these organizations. The most
relevant results identified the C-Factor as a socio-economic integrating objective which, in combination
with other productive factors, becomes a force that unites desires and builds awareness to improve the
quality of life for its participants, as well as the profitability of the organization and its environment.
