Colombia's conflict zones have been studied from multiple perspectives, however, to date the way in which violence and insecurity have affected the associativity of rural producers and their organizations has not been thoroughly investigated. Based on a survey made to 742 rural producers in the Magdalena Medio, Montes de Maria, Orinoquia, Huila and Patia regions, rural insecurity and associativity finds a clear relationship between objective violence, the subjective perception of insecurity and rural associative forms . This book shows that rural producers have been associated in different ways as an adaptive response to insecurity and violence. Combining concepts from institutional theory, social psychology, new institutional economics and sociology, he investigates the repercussions of objective violence and the perception of insecurity of producers (peasants and companies) and the way they organize production and commercialization. On the other hand, it explores the great diversity of hybrid organizational alternatives ?among them cooperatives, networks and some contractual modalities that structure their activity? and delves into the relationship between the perception of insecurity and social capital. From the results of Rural insecurity and associativity, important lessons are derived for the formulation of public policies that support rural development in the regions that have suffered the conflict.