INTERCOUNTRY EVALUATION OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR PROGRAMS : COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA; VOL. 2, COLOMBIA

AID'S ROLE IN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. THE SECTOR APPROACH, AS IT HAS BEEN CONCEIVED IN COLOMBIA, HAS RESULTED IN MORE INTEGRATED THINKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE AND HAS PROVIDED A BASIS FOR CONSIDERING SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT APPROPRIATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES FOR COLOMBIA. IN THESE RESPECTS, IT HAS DEMONSTRATED A DISTINCT SUPERIORITY OVER THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN AGRICULTURE UNDER THE PROGRAM LOAN APPROACH. THE ADVANCES TO DATE HAVE NOT YET SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING NEEDED INCREASES IN OVERALL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY, AND INCOME, ALTHOUGH THE INCOME OF SOME INDIVIDUAL FARMERS HAS INCREASED. A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON A SECTOR ANALYSIS WHICH PROVIDED AN INFORMED BASIS FOR MAKING SOME POLICY DECISIONS, BUT TO DATE, IT HAS NOT RESULTED IN A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, AND INTERRELATED SECTOR ANALYSIS WHICH IS ADEQUATE AS A BASIS FOR CHOICES ABOUT STRATEGIES OR SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE EVALUATORS DISCUSSED THE FIVE SECTOR LOANS MADE FROM 1968 THROUGH 1972, PROGRAM RESULTS, THE AID AGRICULTURE SECTOR ANALYSIS, GOC PLANNING STRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND GOC AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, AND MADE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS.