Prioritizing Strategies for Agri-Food Transformation in Meta, Colombia: A Hybrid ANP-DEMATEL-SBWM Model

Farmers’ markets in Latin America continue to face structural challenges such as informality limited value addition, and weak institutional support. This article applies a hybrid multi-criteria model that integrates DEMATEL, ANP, and SBWM to prioritize agri-food transformation strategies in the department of Meta, Colombia. The methodology combined stakeholder mapping, Delphi-based validation of criteria, and the evaluation of strategic robustness under three prospective scenarios. The results show that the creation of working groups with public and private institutions (E.3) consistently emerged as the most robust strategy (weight = 0.0669 in SBWM), followed by infrastructure development (E.2. 0.0649) and participatory workshops on food sustainability (E.8. 0.0602). Sensitivity analysis confirmed the stability of the prioritization structure, with strategy E.3 remaining in the first position across all scenarios and only moderate variations in the positions of E.2 and E.8. The study contributes methodologically by demonstrating the integration of DEMATEL–ANP with SBWM to address interdependencies and uncertainty in participatory decision contexts. It also provides practical guidance for local governments and cooperatives to strengthen farmers’ markets through institutional coordination, capacity building, and infrastructure investment, thereby supporting progress toward several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).