La tierra para uso agropecuario en Colombia: equidad y productividad

Abstract

This Fedesarrollo study, financed by the Rodrigo Botero Montoya Fund, analyzes the equity and productivity problems affecting the Colombian agricultural sector regarding land access and use. The objective is to propose public policy actions and institutions to overcome these problems and promote the productive, competitive, and inclusive development of agriculture and rural territories. The study is based on historical, theoretical, and empirical evidence to argue that the provision of land is not sufficient if it is not accompanied by measures to increase the productivity and well-being of farmers, especially small farmers. The empirical treatment is based on the treatment of data from the National Agricultural Census 2014. From these data, the construction of the stochastic meta frontier model and costing exercises are carried out based on the budget allocations involved in the agrarian reform projects, in addition to the budgets allocated to the entities involved in the policies analyzed. The study argues that an integral and comprehensive land policy is key to promoting the transformation of the Colombian countryside.