Evaluación de impacto de los programas de renovación de cafetales 2007-2011, efectos sobre la capacidad productiva de los caficultores colombianos

Abstract

"This article investigates the effect of two coffee plants renovation programs (Competitividad and Permanencia Sostenibilidad y Futuro) over the production structure of the Colombian coffee growers between 2007 and 2011. Using data from the Coffee Growers Federation information system SICA and through some impact evaluation techniques such as Differences in Differences, Differences in Differences Matching and Quintile regression I show that both programs had a positive effect over the coffee plantations measured as planting density, trees age, technified coffee area and total coffee area. The results provide evidence to support that such renovation programs are generating a transformation on the coffee plantation, which expands Colombian coffee grower's production possibility frontier. Particularly, the results show higher effects on those coffee growers with lower levels of technology on their production system."