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Colombia


Public Sector


Public Research Institution with Extension Unit

University-based Extension

Semi-autonomous Governmental Extension Organization

Non-Governmental Organizations

  • Corporación de Estudios, Educación e Investigación Ambiental - CEAM (37 staff in 2009) www.corpoceam.org

Farmer Based Organization

  • Asociación ASOJAG (33 staff in 2009)
  • Asociación ASPROMA (8 staff in 2009)
  • Asociación de Productores Y Pescadores Para El Desarollow Comunitario del Medio Sino, APROPESCAM - Community Development Association of Producers and Fishermen (14 staff in 2009)
  • Asociación de Profesionales Agropecuarios y del Medio Ambiente ASOPROGOT (18 staff in 2009)
  • Asociación de Reforestadores y Cultivadores de Caucho del Caqueta, ASOHECA (20 staff in 2009)
  • Federación Nacional Cacao - National Federation of Cocoa Growers
    (456 staff in 2009)
  • Federación Nacional Cafetero - National Federation of Coffee Growers
    (1277 staff in 2009)

Private Sector Organization or Firm

The Role of the Agricultural Sector 

Excellent background information is available in: 

IICA Annual Report 2009 (in Spanish): www.iica.int/Esp/regiones/andina/colombia/Publicaciones%20de%20la%20Oficina/informe2009.pdf

Related Resources

AGRONET Columbia, www.agronet.gov.co/agronetweb



Rural Partnerships between Small Farmers and Private Commercial Sector in Colombia
Video Presentation Paper  by Adriana Bello, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia



Information and Communication Technology

  • 90% of Colombia’s 45 million inhabitants carry mobile phones (only 17% have access to land lines)
  • 13% of the population uses fixed internet services.  (Source: Gemalto, see below)

Mobile Money


Secure and low cost access to money is critical for agricultural producers and agribusinesses.

"Colombia has pioneered secure mobile banking services in Latin America – and soon this will even extend to people without bank accounts"

(www.gemalto.com/mobile_banking_for_unbanked/index.html, 2011_05_06)

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