Colombia

The mountainous character of much of Colombia’s territory, along with the climatic variations of the different vertical zones, allows for the production of an unusually wide range of both tropical and temperate-zone crops.

The primary agricultural products of Colombia are coffee (being the fourth-largest producer of coffee in the world), cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables, fique, panela, forest products; and shrimp. Holdings tend to be small. Cattle is another important sector within the lowlands of Colombia and is widespread throughout this region.