World Bank2013-09-092013-09-092003-12-19https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15711The purpose of this study is to assess agriculture's competitiveness in Colombia. During the past 12 years, Colombia's agricultural sector has performed poorly, resulting in the continuation of extensive rural poverty. Improving the sector's competitiveness is the only sure and lasting way to improve its growth performance and reduce poverty. Thus, the main objectives of this study are to assess: (a) the sector's current and potential competitiveness, (b) the factors that determine or inhibit its competitiveness, (c) the extent to which the campesino economy is competitive and could become more so, and (d) the role of policies in determining the sector's competitiveness. The study outlines strategic options that would strengthen the sector's competitiveness, with emphasis on development of transition measures to ease the path to adoption of new orientations. The work has been organized around three main themes: (a) the competitiveness of products and product chains, (b) underlying factors that influence competitiveness, and (c) policy orientations that influence competitiveness.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRARIAN REFORMAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RESOURCESAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTUREANNUAL CROPSAQUACULTUREBANANASBEEFBIOTECHNOLOGYCACAOCASSAVACEREAL CROPSCEREALSCHOCOLATECIATCOFFEECOFFEE PRICESCOFFEE PRODUCTIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCORNCOTTONCROPCROPLANDCROPPINGCROPPING PATTERNSCROPSCULTIVATIONDAIRY PRODUCTSDECENTRALIZATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC SIZEEGGSEMPLOYMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURESEXPORT CROPSEXPORTSEXTREME POVERTYFARMFARMERSFARMSFEEDFINANCIAL SECTORFISCAL POLICIESFLOWERSFOOD SAFETYFORESTRYFRUITSGDPGRAINSGRAZINGHEALTH PROBLEMSIFADILLEGAL CROPSIMPORTSINCOMEINTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION SYSTEMSISNARJUTELABOR FORCELABOR- INTENSIVE CROPSLEGISLATIONLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSMARKET PRICESMARKETINGMICROFINANCEOILOIL PALMOILSEEDSORGANIC AGRICULTUREPALM OILPERENNIAL CROPSPESTICIDESPESTSPLANT DISEASEPLANTAINPLANTAINSPORKPOTATOPOTATOESPOULTRYPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCER GROUPSPRODUCERSPRODUCT QUALITYPRODUCTION INCENTIVESPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGYPRODUCTIVITYQUOTASRICERURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYSALINIZATIONSOILSSOYBEANSSUGARSUGAR CANESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTRYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTOBACCOTRADE BALANCETUBERSUSAIDVEGETABLE CROPSVEGETABLE OILSVEGETABLESVIOLENCEWTOYAMSYIELDS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTCOMPETITIVENESSSTRATEGIC OPTIONSAGRICULTURAL POLICIESPRODUCT IMPROVEMENTPRODUCT MARKETINGCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGEGRAINSOIL SEED CROPSFRUITSVEGETABLESROOT CROPSTOBACCO PRODUCTSCOTTON PRODUCTIONANIMAL PRODUCTIONFORESTRY PRODUCTSLAND TENUREIRRIGATION SYSTEMSACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIESMARKET ACCESSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSMARKETINGRURAL FINANCERURAL INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATIONWorld Bank10.1596/15711