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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, Mr. Aurelio Iragorri Valencia, highlighted the production of rice, pork and cocoa as historic, with growths by 19%, 13.5% and 3.6%, respectively, supported by the Colombia Siembra policy.
In the specific case of pork, the rise in its consumption reached 6.8 kg per capita in 2016, a figure that has doubled in the last six years (it was 4.5 kg). This situation shows the important growth of the pig industry, with a production that has increased by 13.5% in comparison with 2015, with 362,000 tonnes. The accumulated rise in the last two years is 30.3%.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017/ MINAGRI/ Colombia.
https://www.minagricultura.gov.co
