Colombia
Colombia at a glance
Population[1]
48.23 million
Gross Domestic Product[1]
295.1 billion US$
Agriculture[1]
6.8% of GDP
Total land area[2]
110.95 million hectares
Cultivated land[2]
43.78 million hectares
Banana production area[3]
477,000 hectares
Total banana production[3]
5.4 million metric tonnes
Colombia is the fourth exporter of Cavendish bananas.
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Banana-producing areas
The department of Antioquia in the northwestern part of the country has 70% of the area planted in bananas, in Urabá and Magdalena mainly. About 16% of the area planted in bananas is occupied with bananas for the domestic market.
Production constraints
The so-called Race 1 of Fusarium wilt is present. Although it affects Gros Michel, the cultivar is still produced in highland areas and sold on the domestic market.
Quarantine pests
The government of Colombia declared TR4, the most virulent strain of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, as a quarantine pest in 2011[4].
References
1. 2015 data from the World Bank
2. 2011 data from FAOSTAT - Resources/Land
3. 2013 data from FAOSTAT - Production/Crops
4. Resolution 1444 forbidding the importation in Colombia of Musa plant material from a country where TR4 is present.
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