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Colombia
>> Regional Overview >> Colombia Overview Activity Data Sheet
PROGRAM: Colombia
TITLE AND NUMBER: Provide Economic and Social Alternatives to Illicit Crop Production, 514-008
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND ACCOUNT: None
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND ACCOUNT: $60,500,000 (INC)
STATUS: Continuing
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2000 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: Small farmer coca plots account for about 40,000 hectares of Colombia's 136,200 hectares of coca. USAID's expanded alternative development program will focus on small farmers who choose to voluntarily eliminate their coca production in exchange for licit alternatives. The alternative development strategic goal -- in concert with the Government of Colombia (GOC) goal of total elimination of coca by 2006 -- is to eliminate 30,000 hectares of small farmer coca by September 2005 and to support 69,000 hectares of small farmer licit productive activities, directly impacting some 13,000 farmers. Initial funding under Plan Colombia will finance the voluntary elimination of some 5,700 hectares of coca through alternative development activities in 24 municipalities in the departments of Putumayo (approximately 2,600 hectares); Caquetá (approximately 1,200 hectares); Bolivar (approximately 1,000 hectares), and Norte de Santander (approximately 900 hectares).
The departments of Putumayo and Caquetá have been chosen as an initial focus because they contain the largest areas of coca production, have the most accelerated increases, and are part of the USG-assisted Southern Colombia Initiative. The region represents a clear example of the need to integrate alternative development, aerial eradication and interdiction to maximize the immediate and long-run counter-narcotics impact. The two northern departments of Bolivar and Norte de Santander will also be targeted by the program because of their rapid growth of coca production. If additional funding becomes available in out years, the coca elimination effort may be expanded to the eastern departments of Guaviare and Meta. Programs implemented at the local level will complement activities addressing needs of internally displaced persons and municipal strengthening activities.
Key Results: Implementation of this objective began late in FY 2000 with the signing of Strategic Objective Grant Agreement obligating $42.5 million for the total five-year effort.
Performance and Prospects: It is expected that the selected implementation contractor will be in place in Bogota in April 2001. This technical assistance team will help to design sub-activities, contract field implementers, provide financial management and control, monitor and evaluate activities, and provide technical assistance and training to the counterpart organization (National Plan for Alternative Development, PLANTE) and to producer organizations. The program will focus on alternative productive activities to replace coca, principally in the departments of Putumayo and Caqueta where two-thirds of the country's coca, or about 80,000 hectares, is planted. Assistance by PLANTE and USAID will be based on the signing of coca elimination agreements, or pacts, between PLANTE, coca producers and municipal governments that will clearly indicate the willingness of small farmers to voluntarily eliminate their coca over a ten-month period in exchange for licit activities. By mid-FY 2001, some 4,000 small coca producers in the Putumayo department are expected to have signed pacts calling for the elimination of some 9,000 hectares of coca. Initial activities under these pacts will be the provision of inputs (seeds, fertilizers, root stock, etc.) and small animals (chickens, pigs, etc.) to small farmer participants to enable them to produce short-cycle products for on-farm consumption while medium-term productive activities to replace coca, such as hearts of palm, forestry products, dual-purpose cattle (diary and meat products) and fish from farm ponds, mature and provide benefits to these farmers. By the end of FY 2002, it is expected that roughly 11,800 hectares of coca will have been eliminated by small farmers, benefitting some 5,100 families, and some 27,000 hectares of licit crops will have been established. Moreover, by the end of FY 2002, municipalities targeted by the program will have developed some 12 social infrastructure packages.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: Alternative development and environmental activities depend on access to the areas where illicit cultivation occurs. The security situation will determine the pace at which activities can proceed. No activities will be carried out in the demilitarized zone. Achievement of program outputs could be seriously impaired by continued violence between guerrilla and paramilitary forces, as well as narco-traffickers, in the coca areas targeted for alternative development activities. Additionally, aerial spraying of large, plantation style coca farms by the Colombian National Police could inadvertently damage some existing small farmer licit agricultural and livestock production, which could affect small farmer willingness to continue to participate in the alternative development program. It is imperative that close coordination be developed and maintained between the aerial eradication and alternative development programs to avoid this occurrence
Other Donor Programs: The United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP) has a $2 million annual budget for policy development, institutional support, and productive activities related to alternative development, drug eradication and demand reduction in Colombia. The GOC is implementing a $50 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for alternative development.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: A U.S. firm will be contracted to assist in managing the coca reduction program. Other implementing organizations include PLANTE, which coordinates alternative development activities for the GOC with farmer associations, indigenous groups, local governments, and other GOC agencies including the counter-narcotics police; and the UNDCP which implements a cattle program in Caqueta and Narino.
Colombia 514-008
Performance Measures:
Indicator FY97
(Actual)FY98
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(Plan)FY01
(Plan)FY02
(Plan)Indicator 1: Number of municipalities implementing rural social infrastructure packages. NA NA NA NA NA 7 12 Indicator 2: Number of hectares of coca eliminated by small farmers. NA NA 3 NA NA 5,700 11,800 Indicator 3: Area of licit crops established through regional Alternative Development projects. NA NA NA Yes NA 13,000 27,000 Indicator 4: Stabilization successful in preventing the collapse of a mountainside in the city of Pereira. NA NA NA Yes Yes 2,500 5,100 Indicator Information:
Indicator Level (S)or(IR) Unit of Measure Source Indicator Description Indicator 1: IR Number of packages Plante documentation These packages will strengthen local communities and solidify government presence in coca producing areas. Indicator 2: IR Number of hectares. Plante documentation, NAS Decrease in the number of hectares of coca planted indicates success of voluntary eradication with alternative economic opportunities. Indicator 3: IR Number of hectares. Plante documentation Increased hectarage under licit crops indicates the degree of success of Alternative Development economic opportunities. Indicator 4: IR Number of families. Plante documentation Increase in the number of farm families indicates success and sustainability of Alternative Development economic and social programs. U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 INC 0 INC 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 42,500 INC (P.C.)* 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 INC 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 42,500 INC (P.C.)* 0 INC (P.C.) 42,500 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 INC 0 INC 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 0 DA 0 CSD 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 ESF 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 ESF 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 0 DA 0 CSD 0 INC (P.C.) 0 INC 0 ESF 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 0 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 INC (P.C.) 0 ESF/INC 42,500 INC (P.C.) 60,500 INC 120,500 INC 181,000 INC 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA NOTE: P.C. = Plan Colombia
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