"This book presents the results of doctoral research, with a grant funded by Colciencias, which proposes options to solve the problem of access to water for subsistence activities of the poorest peasant families. This research complemented projects carried out with the IWMI (International Water Management Institute), the IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre) and the Stanford University and the project Estrategias para la recuperación y manejo integrado del recurso hídrico en las cuencas de los ríos Cauca y Dagua in the Department of the Valle del Cauca (Colombia), financed by the Government of the Valley through the Fondo de Ciencia, Tecnología e innovación of the Sistema General de Regalías. The results of the first investigations were presented in the books produced by the authors and Isabel Cristina Domínguez Rivera of the Universidad Industrial de Santander and Sandra Bastidas ()." (HKB Translation) - Page 8.