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Rising oil prices were the biggest factor. The extractive industry exported $11.8 billion USD — nearly 60% of the nation's export value in the past six months.

Colombia is now the first Latin American nation to join the Cocoa and Forest Initiative, a global program formed in 2017 to curb deforestation in sector.

Despite the annual production setback, the macro story for Colombian coffee production remains positive. “In the last decade, yields have increased nearly 30%."

The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation will finance ventures in Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Peru.

"I believe we are going to have a better performance for our exports," says Analdex head Javier Díaz Molina.

With 11,000 victims since 1990, Colombia is one of the most "mine-affected" countries in the world.

Starbucks has partnered with the Inter-American Developmental Bank on a $4 million USD loan program for 2,000 small-scale framers, most of whom will be women.

The policies offered by Nespresso's pilot program are designed for small farms vulnerable to weather fluctuations, price drops, and crop blight.

Pollos El Bucanero will be run by Jorge Ivan Duque and operate as an arm within the larger Cargill Protein Latin America.

Most analysts are equating the underwhelming growth to low consumption following the recent tax hike that increased Colombia's VAT by 3%.