Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia /Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural

Promote the rural development with a territorial approach and the reinforcement of productivity and competitiveness of farming products, through comprehensive actions that improve the quality of life of people living outside the cities, enabling the sustainable use of natural resources, generating employment, and achieving a sustained and balanced growth of the regions.

Promote the coordination of institutional actions in the rural environment in a focused and systematic way, under the principles of competitiveness, equity, sustainability, applicability and decentralization to different industries, for the socioeconomical development of theCountry.Institutions involved in the management of the Farming, Fishing and Rural Development industry must strive for the aforementioned objectives.