ed, a product that has been a protagonist in the Colombian economy throughout its history, and that at this time, as reported by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Rodolfo Zea Navarro has positive figures, since at the end of the first semester the coffee harvest will total 6.5 million bags and the value will represent about 3.7 billion dollars.

The head of the agricultural portfolio stressed that "the $ 3.7 billion represents a growth of 28% compared to the same period in 2019, when the value of the harvest averaged $ 2 billion. This is because during this year, the domestic price of the coffee load has been above $ 900,000, even over a million. "

These figures have represented a better income for grain producers, which currently represents 25% of the GDP of the agricultural sector and generates around 2 million direct and indirect jobs. In addition, it stimulates the economy of 606 coffee municipalities of the 1103 that make up the country.

"At this time, in which we have to deal with the Covid-19 worldwide, we have worked with the National Federation of Coffee Growers, producers and other members of the chain, in order to create the favorable conditions for the coffee harvest is done under strict biosecurity protocols, protecting life and, in turn, allowing the harvesting of grain, "said Minister Zea Navarro.

In this sense, in mid-April, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the National Federation of Coffee Growers, local authorities and other participants in the chain, published the biosafety protocol, which includes topics such as implementing routines in the conference. work, wearing a mask, frequent hand washing and other preventive measures.

Finally, Minister Zes Navarro congratulated the coffee growers “for that great effort, tenacity, sacrifice and humility. The 547,000 coffee growers support a part of the national economy and provide our country with the support to keep going and provide the best rate of coffee in the world. ”

Currently the coffee sector has an area of ​​about 853,000 hectares in coffee, in the hands of 547,000 coffee families, 95% of whom are small coffee growers with less than 5 hectares of coffee.

In the last 6 years, the country has managed to stabilize its production in a little more than 14 million bags, which meant for 2019 a harvest value of the order of approximately 7,200 million dollars.

Coffee represents for the country exports of the order of 2.6 million dollars, being the first export product in the agricultural sector.

Coffee production has shown a growth of 65% in the last 10 years, this growth is mainly due to the fact that coffee farming today presents better productivity indicators.

The coffee sector represents better results in yield, in 2010 going from 11.99 bags of 60 kilos per hectare year to reaching the end of 2019 with yields of 21.40 bags of 60 kilos per hectare year.