Editing Economy of Colombia (section)

== Agriculture ==
{{main|Agriculture in Colombia}}
[[File:Oilpalmmagdalenacolombia-2.jpg|thumb|Palm plantation in Magdalena. Colombia is one of the top five producers of [[palm oil]] in the world.]]
[[File:Caña de azúcar .jpg|thumb|Sugar cane in Valle del Cauca. Colombia is one of the top 10 [[sugarcane]] producers in the world.]]

Colombia is one of the five largest producers in the world of [[coffee]], [[avocado]] and [[palm oil]], and one of the 10 largest producers in the world of [[sugarcane]], [[banana]], [[pineapple]] and [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fao.org/faostat/es/#data/QC/| title = Producción de Colombia en 2018, por la FAO}}</ref>

Colombia produced, in 2018, 36.2 million tons of [[sugarcane]] (7th largest producer in the world), 5.8 million tons of [[palm oil]] (5th largest producer in the world), 3.7 million tons of [[banana]] (11th largest producer in the world) and 720 thousand tons of [[coffee]] (4th largest producer in the world, behind Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia). Although its neighbor Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world (3.5 million tons produced in the same year), the advertising carried out by the country for decades suggests that Colombian coffee is of higher quality, which generates greater added value to the country's product.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://graoespecial.com.br/qual-o-melhor-cafe-brasileiro-ou-colombiano/| title = What is the best coffee? Brazilian or Colombian?| date = 18 July 2017}}</ref> In the same year, Colombia produced 3.3 million tons of [[rice]], 3.1 million tons of [[potato]], 2.2 million tons of [[cassava]], 1.3 million tons of [[maize]], 900 thousand tons of [[pineapple]], 670 thousand tons of [[onion]], 527 thousand tons of [[tomato]], 419 thousand tons of [[Yam (vegetable)|yam]], 338 thousand tons of [[mango]], 326 thousand tons of [[avocado]], in addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products such as [[Orange (fruit)|orange]], [[tangerine]], [[lemon]], [[papaya]], [[beans]], [[carrot]], [[coconut]], [[watermelon]] etc.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/| title = Colombia production in 2018, by FAO}}</ref> As of October 2024, Colombia is the tenth largest producer of cacao in the global market. Its top importers include the United States, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-15 |title=Colombia: The Colombian Cacao Sector - 2024 Update {{!}} USDA Foreign Agricultural Service |url=https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/colombia-colombian-cacao-sector-2024-update |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.fas.usda.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The share of agriculture in GDP has fallen consistently since 1945, as industry and services have expanded. However, Colombia's agricultural share of GDP decreased during the 1990s by less than in many of the world's countries at a similar level of development, even though the share of coffee in GDP diminished in a dramatic way. Agriculture has nevertheless remained an important source of employment, providing a fifth of Colombia's jobs in 2006.<ref name="Hernán Vallejo 2010">Roberto Steiner and Hernán Vallejo. "The Economy". In ''Colombia: A Country Study'' (Rex A. Hudson, ed.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (2010).</ref>

Agriculture in Colombia is particularly vulnerable to climate-induced events like [[La Niña]], leading to droughts and heavy rains. Soil aridity, erosion, and desertification are already pressing issues in Colombian agriculture, expected to worsen with climate change. Despite representing only 0.4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, 71.3 percent of Colombia's domestic emissions stem from agriculture and land use.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Colombia |url=https://www.fao.org/in-action/scala/countries/colombia/en |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=SCALA |language=en}}</ref> Colombia's revised National Determined Contributions (NDCs) aim to reduce emissions by 51% by 2030, with a focus on agriculture. Strategies include reducing greenhouse gas emissions in cocoa, rice, coffee, forestry, and cattle production. The country also aims to provide agroclimatic information to 1 million producers by 2030.<ref name=":1" />