<p>A large agricultural diversity should enable a healthy food culture in populations that produce it. In Boyacá, Colombia, over time, the opposite occurs. In that<br>regard, the aim of this article is to show a general approximation to the relationship between the production of agrodiversity, food culture and some nutrition<br>issues in Boyacá in two periods: the Pre-Hispanic time and the early years of the 21st century, wich also displayed the rol of education and public policy in<br>human nutrition. In the Pre-Hispanic times there was a variety of food production rich in nutrients and consequently a healthy lifestyle, but dramatically altered<br>when the Spanish arrived. Currently in Boyacá paradox exists: on one hand is one of the largest producers of nutritious agricultural species, at the same time it<br>has the highest levels of child malnutrition, and pregnant and breastfeeding women; furthermore with poor crop yields, possibly, it is a consequence of the<br>inappropriate use of soil, the absence of technologies, the lack of scientific and governmental strategic alliances, and the fragile educational actions. It is<br>therefore necessary to develop strategic synergies between sectors and policies in agriculture, health, education and science, with the porpuse to strengthen<br>agricultural activity of the region and serving its vulnerable population.</p>