Translations:Coffee production in Colombia/13/en

20th century

A smallholder coffee farmer in Colombia contributing her coffee to an agricultural cooperative. Cooperatives give small farmers an opportunity to be more competitive in markets, especially commodity crops like coffee and cocoa where many of the purchasers are large businesses who can manipulate markets.

In 1913, Colombia exported 1 million 60-kilo bags of coffee. It rose to 3 million by 1930, 4 million by 1937, 5 million by 1943, and more than 6 million by 1953.