CGIAR initiative examines the coherence of policies to help avert future food and water crises in Colombia

Illegal crops sprayed with chemicals that affect surrounding crops, rivers contaminated by the constant bombing of oil pipelines, forests cut down and converted into housing areas due to forced displacement and agricultural production— these are scenes repeated over the last five decades in Colombia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Yomayuza, Karoll Valentina
Format: Blog Post
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127787
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Summary:Illegal crops sprayed with chemicals that affect surrounding crops, rivers contaminated by the constant bombing of oil pipelines, forests cut down and converted into housing areas due to forced displacement and agricultural production— these are scenes repeated over the last five decades in Colombia. This is why issues surrounding the environment became central during the development and implementation of the peace agreement that the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas signed in 2016.